Surgical Hospitalist

[dschelar]

I'm in my last few months of PA school and saw a job for a surgical PA with a surgical hospitalist group.

 

Just wondering if anyone has experience working for or interacting with surgical hospitalists as this is a new specialization to me. 

 

Thanks!

[cinntsp]

You're likely round on post-op patients, do pre-op exams, etc.  So essentially you'll be working in surgery without going to the OR.

[greenmood]

This is what I do. It's post-operative inpatient care.

 

The job is actually what the title suggests - hospitalist care for surgical patients. So I manage their chronic conditions which are usually stable and address their surgical recovery (specifics depend on what they've had done) which can be straightforward or train-wrecky.