Mr Muir is grateful to the board of examiners who met on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November to work on new material for the exam. All of them are busy people at the top of their profession and yet give up their time for free for this task.
Latest publication
Mr Muir’s latest collaboration on AI and the European Board of Hand Surgery exam has been published today in the European Journal of Hand Surgery.
The text is freely available via this link.
30th Anniversary of the European Board of Hand Surgery diploma exam
Mr Muir had the privilege of being the Chairman of the board of examiners on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first exam. Several former examiners were able to join in Basel. Over 1,000 candidates have now passed the exam, furthering standards of hand surgery care across Europe.
Joint meeting of the Hong Kong and British Societies for Surgery of the Hand.
Mr Muir was honoured to attend the 40th meeting of the HKSSH and to give a talk on Systemic sclerosis and other auto immune hand disorders.
Scalpel
Mr Muir was honoured to be invited to teach on hand and wrist fracture fixation at the Scalpel Main Conference on Saturday 23 November 2025, held at the University of Manchester.
Mr Muir congratulates the organisers on such a great course. He also thanks KLS Martin for the support and Dishan, hand fellow at Wythenshawe for teaching alongside him.
European Board of Hand Surgery exam committee
Mr Muir and colleagues met in Nice on 7 and 8 November to write questions for the exam.
They also had training rom Mrs Lisa Hadfield-Law on how to be better examiners.
FESSH Helsinki 2025
Mr Muir has been teaching at the FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand) Congress
European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS) diploma Helsinki 2025
Mr Muir has had the honour of being the chairman of the exam committee for this event. Record numbers of candidates sat the oral exams in Finlandia Hall in Helsinki.
Latest publication
Mr Muir has had the pleasure of collaborating with colleagues from LMU University Hospital in Munich in publishing a paper on AI and the EBHS Hand Diploma Exam.
The paper is available to download here.
Latest publication
Mr Muir’s latest publication is in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.