Transition to Residency: The Successful Development and Implementation of a Nonclinical Elective in Perioperative Management

The Perioperative Management Elective has completed 2 successful iterations with confirmed knowledge acquisition and improved clinical decision-making skills among elective students. Participating students perceived that the experience was beneficial and fulfilled a gap in their medical school training. We believe that this elective framework could be employed by other schools to help graduating students' transition smoothly into residency.