The SPOCC (Selective Procedures, Operative Cases, and Consults) program as an advance in orthopaedic resident record keeping.
This paper outlines the development and use of a software package developed at the University of New Mexico that allows residents to use a simple menu driven program for record keeping. Selective Procedures, Operative Cases, and Consults (SPOCC) was developed for recording data in individually arranged formats and searching on a number of input parameters. As Residency Review Committees become more stringent in their demand for documentation of activities, this program will give residents the ability to quickly recall any number of selective procedures, consults or operative cases, along with case specific data to enable them to review cases, study results in relation to future follow-up, generate statistics, and stimulate research ideas. SPOCC can be run on any dual floppy or hard disk personal computer that uses MS-DOS or PC-DOS 2.0 or greater. It requires 256 kilobytes of free memory, and a color or monochrome monitor. A printer is optional.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
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D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008499:Medical Records; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D008838:Microcomputers; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012984:Software