Linking of the OITE and ABOS Part I Examination

David F. Martin, MD, FAAOS; Paul Tornetta III, MD, FAAOS

The Orthopaedic In-Training Examination ® (OITE ®) produced by AAOS and taken each year during residency, and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Part I Examination, taken just after residency, are now roughly linked.

AAOS Resident Assembly Encourages Residents to Get Involved

Mikalyn T. DeFoor, MD; Alireza Nazemi, MD, MS; Daniel J. Cognetti, MD

For the past eight years, the Resident Assembly (RA) has been able to provide valuable input to AAOS, along with resources to its members on a variety of topics, including education, advocacy, career development, and resource allocation—all while improving RA members’ abilities to become future orthopaedic leaders.

Sound Off: Promoting OR Efficiency and Education: A Resident’s Perspective

Elizabeth A. Duckworth, MD, MBA

With rates of anxiety, depression, burnout, suicide, and departure from the profession at record highs among orthopaedic surgeons, it is a sobering time to enter a profession that initially sparked joy for so many.