An intensive course is given at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and is offered online, both based on the above lectures and these assignments.

Operational decision-making (e.g., existing cases at lower cost)
	Service-specific operating room staffing
	Anesthesiologist training for decisions on afternoons, evenings, and weekends
	Decision-making on the day of surgery
	Anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetist staffing
	Economics of reducing turnover times (for US surgical suites)
	Physician agreements – Anesthesia support & surgeon blocks
	Economics of anesthetic agents

Tactical decision-making (e.g., more cases with same or slightly more capacity)
	Operating room financial assessment for tactical decision-making

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

For examples of OR management reports, click here (ORs) and click here (PACU).

For low cost training in OR management, take the (above) intensive course followed by a 2 year period mentored by Dr. Dexter using email and web conferencing (click here for terms). Analysts and engineers can take the course online at their own pace. At the conclusion of this training, the learner should understand the science of OR management and how to apply it at his or her facility (practice).

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

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