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Education in Operating Room Management

An intensive course is given at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and by web conferencing based on the above lectures and these assignments.

Operational decision-making (e.g., existing cases at lower cost)

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Service-specific operating room staffing
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Anesthesiologist training for decisions on afternoons,
evenings, and weekends
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Decision-making on the day of surgery
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Anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetist staffing
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Economics of reducing turnover times (for US surgical suites)
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Physician Agreements – Anesthesia Support & Surgeon Blocks
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Economics of anesthetic agents

Tactical decision-making (e.g., more cases with same or slightly more capacity)

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Operating room financial assessment for tactical decision-making

Strategic decision-making (e.g., how differentiate our surgical services)
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Showing differences among hospitals and their surgical practices
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Strategic planning: financial impact of different types of surgery

For a list of some key papers in operating room management, click here.

To email Dr. Dexter for information about giving an educational lecture by web conferencing (e.g., to resident physicians or nurse anesthetist students), click here.

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