Webinar: Transformation of Hospital Design after a 'disaster' or 'unforeseen event'.
This webinar is sponsored by the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) and provides 1 HSW credit.
DESCRIPTION:
Hospital design has changed throughout the history. This session will present a retrospective review of hospital design transformation due to a disaster or unforeseen event, such as, the developments of pavilion plan by Florence Nightingale. Various types of disasters or events will be discussed, and the lessons learned, and how those drive the need for the design change. For example, due to the experience of Hurricane Katrina, the design strategies for evacuating the ICU patient from hospital facility has improved. This session will also review the global response in hospital design for COVID-19, and the future challenges and preparedness.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After participating in this webinar attendees will:
- Gain knowledge about history of hospital design formation or transformation due to a 'disaster' or 'unforeseen event'.
- Identify various types of disasters or events that drive the need for design change.
- Learn hospital design considerations based on recent disaster threats.
- Develop understanding about future emergency preparedness.
EDUCATION LEVEL:
Beginners
IDEAL AUDIENCE:
This session is part of the Case Studies Series by the Academy of Architecture for Health. The web-based 60 minute seminars are tailored to provide budding healthcare design professionals with conceptual and practical primer-level knowledge.
SPEAKERS:
Sharmin Kader, Ph.D.
MTS Engineering and Design
Sharmin Kader, Ph.D. in Architecture, is a designer and researcher with over twelve years of experience. She works as a Design-Research Associate at MTS Engineering and Design, and she is serving as a Recognition Chair of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Deign Research Association (EDRA). She has been researching the healthcare environment design since 2008. Her master’s thesis focused on hospital patient evacuation during disaster scenarios: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4276437.pdf She has presented her work at national and international conferences, and she has been the recipient of several awards and honors throughout her academic and professional career.
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