Diploma Resources
Diploma Revision aids
The following podcasts were recorded during my time revising for interviews and exams across the years. They are intended to allow the user to have a flow of information while on the move, to minimise downtime in the run up to exams. As such there may be occasional errors, or there may be relevant literature updates which have not been included. They are therefore intended to compliment your revision if you find this type of method useful, but I would encourage you to cross-correlate the information with your own reading.
The material is drawn from different sources including the Pulvertaft lecture series run by Carlos Heras-Palou (see generic resources section). The talks given by Donald Sammut and Mireia Espulgas form some of the material. Others were created from my notes following various BSSH Instructional courses with multiple speakers providing material. The 'secrets' podcasts were drawn from the book Hand Secrets used for diploma revision.
You are welcome to use them for your own revision, but they should not be used in any formal capacity without permission. I have tried to reference the material where relevant in the text that accompanies each podcast.
Basic science of cartilage muscle and tendon
Biomechanics of Hand and wrist 1
Bone
BSSH instructional nerve 2
BSSH instructional nerve injury
Congenital hand 2
CTS CRPS nerve injury
Donald Sammut 1 – biomechanics of intrinsics
Donald Sammut 2 – tendon transfers
Dupuytren’s chapter
Hand miscellaneous 1
Hand secrets - anatomy
Mireia Esplugas base of thumb
Ossification order of carpal bones
Plexus summary
Rheumatoid JIA
Secrets biomechanics of hand and wrist
Secrets examination of the hand
Secrets neurologic evaluation
Soft tissue reconstruction of upper extremity
Steps of pollicisation
Top 100 secrets
Wrist instability CHP Garcia Elias
Wrist references
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Rupert Wharton, Hand surgeon in Central London (King Edward VII) and South West London (New Victoria and Kingston Private Health)