Predictive measures of a resident's performance on written orthopaedic board scores.

USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores along with OITE scores are helpful in gauging an orthopaedic resident's performance on written boards. Lower USMLE scores along with consistently low OITE scores likely identify residents at risk of failing their written boards. Close monitoring of the annual OITE scores is recommended and may be useful to identify struggling residents. Future work involving multiple institutions is warranted and would ensure applicability of our findings to other orthopedic residency programs. Dyrstad BW, Pope D, Milbrandt JC, Beck RT, Weinhoeft AL, Idusuyi OB. Iowa Orthop J. 2011;31:238-43. PMID: 22096449