OITE as an intern

What is a good book to give ortho interns a strong foundation and to help us not look like a dud on the OITEs? I realize the review books are good, such as Miller and OKU, but anything else that is not so in-depth and just a good overview of orthopedics? Thanks.

I would suggest reading something like Orthopaedic Surgery: The Essentials. It gives you a broad overview of orthopaedics. A nice base to build from. Personally, I blew off the OITE as an intern since I was off service and just took it cold turkey. They don't really expect much out of you, especially when you are busy most of the year on other services.

Some programs apparently don't even have their interns take the test.

Its worth remembering though that the AAOS puts out the OITE and often cites OKU in their answer references - so that is not a bad place to start if you are just focusing on the exam. As a former/life-long Hoya, I am partial to the 2 books put out from there:

Essentials of Orthopaedic Surgery (Paperback)
by Sam W. Wiesel (Author), John N. Delahay (Author)
-Short enough to read during intern year, more guided toward med studs though.

Principles of Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery (Hardcover)
by Sam W. Wiesel (Author), John N. Delahay (Author)
-A bit bigger, more information but probably manageable during intern year.

But again, I have a huge bias - I wouldn't be in ortho if it weren't for the people there.

If you have little time (very likely) the most bang for you buck for the in-training is doing old questions and if you are repeatedly getting stuck on certain topics try to find a JAAOS article (again put out by AAOS) on the topic for an overview.

Just my 2 cents, good luck.