What key principles of consultative/peri-operative medicine would you emphasize for early-career internists/hospitalists serving in this role without much prior experience?

For completing a preoperative risk assessment:

1. Take a systematic approach, hitting the high-yield systems/topics: Cardiac, pulmonary, DVT/PE prophylaxis, delirium, Diabetes/endocrine, Anticoagulants/antiplatelet agents, medications, clinical frailty, and other applicable to your patient (e.g., live...

Most of the education for perioperative medicine does come after training! Please see this recent publication. I would emphasize that this is your opportunity to shine as an internist/hospitalist, in that you are likely going to be doing the first medical exam. For inpatient urgent surgery, your goa...