About Us  

The Continuum of Training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery was established by the Irish Institute for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in 1999, as a means to regularise Higher Surgical Training in Ireland.

The Institute oversees the Continuum in Orthopaedics on behalf of the Irish Surgical Postgraduate Training Committee (ISPTC), which is responsible in turn to the Joint Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. These bodies work to set standards and provide a continuity of training for six years. On satisfactory completion of a designated course of study, all Trainees sit their Exit Examination, or Intercollegiate Examination in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

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Membership Criteria

A Consultant who has achieved a public appointment by open competition is entitled to apply for membership of the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

A Surgeon who has completed the 6 year Orthopaedic training programme and has been awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training is entitled to apply for membership of the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

All members of the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopeadic Surgery must agree to peer review clinical audit.