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 Procedural Area RN

Class Length: 3 hours

Prerequisites: None

Registration: Online      Search for: "procedural"

Roles: Procedural Area Nurses (SFCH Pediatric LL2, IRL Procedure Suite, and MCU Digestive Health Center Procedure Area)

Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Pre Procedure, Intra Procedure and Post Procedure 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 the OR Snapboard activity. Content also includes removing, bumping, and canceling cases.

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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