The following sections contain information about Epic training courses available for Community Connect clients. Included are course descriptions, curriculum, and course handouts (ex: PowerPoint presentations, exercise booklets, and login sheets).
Note: Materials linked on this page can only be accessed by Community Connect staff. If you are not part of one of the Community Connect sites, please refer to the Epic Courses webpage for Iowa Health Care course information.
This page is devoted to Specialty training resources. Quick links to the other Community Connect training resources are provided below.
Clinical | Patient Access | Patient Data Review | Revenue/Billing
Anesthesia
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Anesthesia workflows for pre-op, intra-op, and post-op.
Roles: CRNA
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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ASAP (Emergency)
Class Length: 8 hours total
Content: ED Manager, Track Board, triage documentation, charting vitals, pain, allergies, Medication History, Screenings, Medication Administration Record (MAR), lines/drains/airways (LDAs), placing verbal/protocol orders, Point of Care Tests, and In Basket.
Role: Registered Nurse, Paramedic, and Licensed Practical Nurse
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Intro to Hyperspace, Chart Review, Results Review, Track Board, ED Manager, writing notes, creating/using SmartTools, placing orders, documenting procedures, disposition.
Roles: ED Providers
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
Course Materials:
The training materials for ASAP Provider are under construction. Please check back May of 2025.
Beaker - Clinical Pathology (Lab)
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Intro to Hyperspace, Chart Review basics, order tests with written order, release orders in Order Inquiry, collect specimens in patients and ambulatory patients, receive specimens, use the Add-on pool, and document EKGs throught Enter/Edit (if your site follows this workflow).
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Intro to Hyperspace, Chart Review basics, receiving specimens, create a packing list for tests to be sent out to other labs, entering and verifying results, adding orders, accessing and navigating the Procedure Catalog and In Basket basics.
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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OpTime (OR/Procedure)
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Interpret Status Board and Master Daily Schedule reports. Work through the Pre-Op Navigator sections including placing orders.
Roles: Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and OR Manager
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Work through the Intra Op Navigator sections including placing orders.
Roles: Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and OpTime Manager
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Work through the PACU and Post Op Navigator sections and Blood Administration.
Roles: Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and OpTime Manager
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 2-3 hours
Content: Content includes using the Status Board, scheduling cases using the Snapboard and editing case schedules.
Roles: OR Nurse, OR scheduler, OR Clerk
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Class Length: 2 hours
Content: Content includes using the procedural navigator sections including therapy plans.
Roles: Outpatient Infusion or Procedure Nurse
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Radiant (Radiology)
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: This class is designed to give an overview of radiology-specific functionality for various radiology staff. This includes scheduling a patient’s imaging order, checking in a patient for an exam, adding external orders into Epic, beginning and ending an exam, documenting the administration of contrast, and more. While it is not expected that students will have mastered the content by the end of the class, they should have a solid understanding of the general functionality and available resources for support on the job.
Roles: Radiology Techs & Radiology Front Desk Clerks
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific or click here to view introductory videos & eLearnings.
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Willow (Pharmacy)
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Willow Ambulatory workflows for order entry, filling, refilling, verification of prescriptions, adjudication failures, patient registration, and My Chart requests.
Roles: Ambulatory Pharmacist; Ambulatory Pharmacy Tech
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific.
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For Ambulatory Pharmacy training opportunities, please see the online registration form.
Class Length: 4 hours
Content: Complex Order Entry, Medication Reconciliation workflow, verification of orders, pharmacist rounding and monitoring tools and reports, and handling In Basket med messages.
Roles: Inpatient Pharmacist
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific.
Course Materials:
The training materials for Inpatient Pharmacists are under construction.
Class Length: 2 hours
Content: Navigating Epic, Viewing Med Order information, reviewing Order Hx, Printing Med Labels.
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific.
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The training materials for Inpatient Pharmacy Tech are under construction.
Class Length: 2 hours
Content: Managing inventory in an outpatient pharmacy
Roles: Ambulatory Pharmacist and Ambulatory Pharmacy Tech
Prerequisite(s): Site-specific; Ambulatory Pharmacy: Pharmacist and Pharmacy Tech (classroom)
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Please email epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu for training opportunities.
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