Operations Research for Surgical Services

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 8:00 AM - Sunday, September 28, 2025, 12:00 PM, Online

Teams solve cases to solve operating room management problems:

• Monitoring operational and financial performance of surgical suites and anesthesia groups (“descriptive analytics”)

• Forecasting case durations, time remaining in cases, use of staffed OR time (“predictive analytics”)

• Applying principles of operations research to make common decisions, such as staffing levels, block time planning, case scheduling and assignment, financial management, and strategic planning (“prescriptive analytics”)

• Identifying in-house expertise to aid in problem-solving and determining whether outside consultants are needed

• Evaluating current decision-support systems.

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (35.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (35.00 hours)

1. Each of the 45 objectives listed on pages 628-631 of Wachtel & Dexter 2010
2. Explain each of the vocabulary terms on page 1468 of Wachtel & Dexter 2013

Registration cost - $2060.00

There is a $250 fee for cancellation up to 8 weeks before the course starts, $750 up to 3 weeks before the course, and $1500 afterwards.

If you have any questions, please contact the CME office at [email protected].  

In support of improving patient care, the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician: The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 35.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Other Health Care Providers:  A certificate of participation will be available after successful completion of the course. (It is the responsibility of licensees to determine if this continuing education activity meets the requirements of their professional licensure board.)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.