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Deep A Gandhi1, Kaity Colón-Sanchez, Pamela Ellsworth
1Deep A. Gandhi is a student in the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine in Orlando, Fla. At Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida in Orlando, Kaity Colón-Sanchez practices in urology and Pamela Ellsworth is chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Objective:
This study evaluated the concordance between clinical evaluation and diagnosis by a physician associate/assistant (PA) and the preoperative and intraoperative evaluations by a pediatric urologic surgeon.
Methods:
A retrospective chart review was performed for patients independently evaluated and scheduled for surgery by a single PA between 2017 and 2020. Concordance was measured by comparing the PA's office note with the surgeon's preoperative note and operative report.
Results:
Of the 242 patients scheduled for surgery, 11 underwent an operative report procedure change and 11 others underwent a preoperative note procedure change. Concordance increased from 89.09% in 2017 to 92.31% in 2020; this was not statistically significant ( P = .230). Urologic conditions evaluated demonstrated an increase in the variety and complexity of conditions.
Conclusions:
A supervisory/collaborative model involving a well-trained PA yields excellent outcomes in terms of concordance with surgical scheduling and procedure performed.
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