Hand Surgery Primer is a case-based educational site with eight mock patients, each with a hand complaint. The differential diagnosis is provided with support materials that make learning easy and fun. Pre and post-tests allow students to quickly verify their understanding of these common hand complaints. Course performance tools are available for instructors.

To access Hand Surgery Primer, please follow these instructions:

  1. Visit Hand Surgery Resource's website at www.handsurgeryresource.org or click the REGISTER button below
  2. Click Hand Surgery Primer on the bottom right side
  3. Enter your username and password if you are a returning user
  4. If you are a new user, click the Create new account tab and follow steps to create a new user profile, username and password

We also encourage you to peruse the Hand Surgery Resource website, an extensive web resource for the fundamental principles of hand surgery! There you will find all of our past newsletters and our YouTube channel which we are constantly updating.