Effectiveness of a digital vs face-to-face preoperative assessment: A randomized, noninferiority clinical trial.

Study Objective: Digitalizing the preoperative assessment clinic can be a solution to keep up with the growing demand for surgery. It remains unclear if a digital preoperative assessment clinic is as safe, and effective in terms of patient health outcomes and experience compared to face-to-face consultations. This study aimed to compare quality of recovery and mental state in patients undergoing a digital preoperative assessment versus regular face-to-face consultations.

[Task shifting and quality of care in practice; physician assistants compared with anaesthesiology residents in the preoperative anaesthesiology outpatient clinic].

Objective: To compare the clinical competencies of second-year anaesthesiology residents and physician assistants (PA) in the preoperative anaesthesiology outpatient clinic.

Design: Comparative qualitative observational study.

Method: The two study groups were compared using 5 test stations representing 5 different cases of varying degrees of complexity with standardized patients.