I was wondering if anyone knows of any books or websites that are geared toward review for the Ophthalmology Oral Board Exam. So far I found one: "Ophthalmology Examinations Review" by Tien-Wong, which is pretty good, but not totally applicable to the US exam. Any help/advice would be appreciated

Take the Wills course and learn all the differentials you can. Look thru as many clinical picture books as possible because the orals are a lot of them (the examiners) showing you pics and them asking you for differentials, plan of tx, etc.. For optics, the best source in the world (in my humble opinion) is "Last Minute Optics". I hated optics (and still do) but that book made it interesting and really helped me a lot with the oral optics questions. As far as the written boards go, Guyton's Optics lecture/book (from the Wills Course) is probably the BEST optics you will ever get. Not as helpful for the orals because there are really no equations to figure out but really useful for the writtens. The Wills course will help you for everything, as long as you pay attention and read the material.

Thanks for the info eye3md, but the Wills course is typically offerred in March and the orals are in November, so that wont work out. I've taken the Osler course previously, but feel its a waste in my opinion.

Didn't think about you taking the orals in November. I took mine in the Spring. If you have them, go back and review you Clinical Series books from the AAO. I can't remember their official name. The main point is, know differentials, know a reasonable routine to work-up pts and also how to treat (or not treat). Forget any basic science crappola. It was all clinical stuff. The time flies by while you are taking the orals but seems to take an eternity for the day of the orals to arrive. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!