Welcome to AWS Knots and Thoughts: a podcast designed to help you succeed in your surgery clerkships. This podcast is produced by the Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee and hosted by Jennifer Kunes and Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, along with guest hosts from the rest of the student committee. Music by Hart Fogel.

In this episode, Jamesa and Gopika discussed important considerations for seeing pre-operative patients in the surgical setting, as well as what to watch out for when getting a patient ready for surgery. 

BOLDCARTS: Baseline, Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating/Relieving Factors, Timeline/Treatments, Severity

American Academy of Family Physicians Pre-Op H&P: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2000/0715/p387.html