OpTime is Epic's operating room management system.

Provider Courses

Anesthesia

Class Length: 3.5 hours

Prerequisites: None

Registration: Online     Search for: Anesthesia

Roles: Anesthesia Faculty, Residents, Fellows, CRNAs, and SRNAs

Content: Anesthesia workflows for pre-op, intra-op, and post-op.

Surgical Workflows for Providers

Class Length: Online/On-Demand

Prerequisites: Epic LIP Basics (or Epic LIP Test-Out) and Epic LIP Inpatient or Epic LIP Ambulatory

Registration: Register in ERMA for session number 64620

Roles: Providers who perform OR cases.

Content: Pre- and post-operative Epic workflows.

OpTime Nursing Courses

Epic OpTime Pre/Post Op RNs

Class Length: 4 hours

Prerequisites: Status Board prerequisite link will be provided in the registration confirmation e-mail.

Registration: Online      Search for: "pre/post"

Roles: Nurses working in pre/post op areas

Content: Pre-op documentation, administering medications, and placing verbal orders.

Epic OpTime Intra-op RN

Course Length: 4 hours

Prerequisite: The Status Board prerequisite link will be provided in the registration confirmation e-mail.

Registration: Online      Search for: "intra-op"

Roles: Nurses working in Intra-op areas

Content: Intra-op documentation

Acute Lab 1 (Alaris Pump Integration)

Course Length: 2 hours

Prerequisites: OpTime Pre-Op (for Ambulatory Surgery & Children's Hospital Prep/Recovery nurses)

Roles: UIHC Nurses that are required to work with the Alaris infusion pumps.

Content: This lab is in partnership with NCEC. The Alaris Pump portion includes learning pump functions, a demonstration of integration (start/stop primary and secondary, Infusion Data Validate, intake volumes, associate/disassociate a running infusion, etc.), and non-integrated meds/blood.

OpTime Specialty Nursing Courses

Epic DHC Procedure RN

Class Length: 3 hours

Prerequisites: None

Registration: Online      Search for: "dhc"

Roles: Registered nurses working in the Digestive Health Center.

Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Pre-Procedure, Intra-Procedure and Recovery navigators.

Support Staff Courses

Epic OpTime NA, PCT, or Surg Tech (Online)

Class Length: 20 minutes

Prerequisite: None

Registration: Online      Search for Session Number: "59289"

Roles: Nursing Assistants, Patient Care Techs, and Surgical Techs.

Content: General overview of the OR Status Board and its functionality.

OpTime Clerk & ADT

Class Length: 3-4 hours based on where the clerk is working.

Prerequisite: Yes, ICON course links provided upon registration.

Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu

Roles: Clerks working in Main OR, MCNL OR, Children's Hospital OR, or ASC OR pre op, intra op, and post op

Content: As appropriate based on where the clerk is working: find, interpret, and print the OR schedule, create and schedule OR surgeries, manipulate the OR schedule, enter patient timing events, and document pre-surgical phone calls. ADT topics can include admit to DOSA, transfer inpatients to Main OR, and discharge from SSRF.

OpTime Scheduler

Class Length: 2.5 hours

Prerequisite: None

Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu

Roles: Staff who perform surgical scheduling.

Content: Learn to schedule and update surgical cases using ORs At A Glance and Snapboard. Content also includes removing, bumping, and canceling cases.

Training Login Sheets: OpTime Scheduler

Nursing Student Online Training

Epic OpTime for Pre, Intra, and Post Op Nursing Students (Online)

Class Length: 1 hour

Prerequisite: None

Registration: Online      Search for Session Number: "63911"

Roles: Pre-op, Intra-op, and Post-op nursing students.

Content: Chart Review, Results Review, standard nursing student documentation, administering medications, overview of the Status Board, and Intraoperative documentation.

Epic Procedure Area Nursing Students (Online)

Class Length: 1 hour

Prerequisite: None

Registration: Online      Search for Session Number: "63909"

Roles: Procedure Area Nursing Students (Lower Level SFCH2, Digestive Health Center, and IRL Procedure Area)

Content: Chart Review, Results Review, standard nursing student documentation, administering medications, overview of the Status Board, and Intraoperative documentation.

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