National Training on Safe Hospitals - Sri Lanka - 14Sept22-24 - Overview

September 22 – 24, 2014

Course Overview

September 22 – 24, 2014

• 3-day training course on SAFE HOSPITALS during emergencies and disasters

• for health and health-related professionals involved in emergency management from selected Sri Lanka hospitals

Course BackgroundWhy this Course?

Course Background – Why This Course?

During times of disasters,

if there is one organizational structure or building in the community that is expected, if not required, to be left standing and operational, when all other buildings have collapsed or been destroyed,

it should be the hospitals.

Course Background – Why This Course?

All hospitals must be designed and administered

as a “SAFE HOSPITAL”

as part of their preparedness plans for disasters that may affect and involve

them.

Course Background – Why This Course?

A “SAFE HOSPITAL” during disaster is operationally defined

as a health facility whose services remain accessible and functioning at maximum capacity and

in the same facility or infrastructure, during and immediately following the impact of a disaster.

Course Background – Why This Course?

• MOH of Sri Lanka is strengthening its activities for SAFE HOSPITALS as part of the overall activities for disaster risk management in the country.

Course Background – Why This Course?

• Lessons have been learnt as to hospitals and health facilities being affected by the tsunami of 2004, conflict situations and other disasters in the country.

Course Background – Why This Course?

Course Goals

Course Goals

To provide health and health-related professionals involved in health emergency management with a

deep understanding of

concepts, principles and strategies

in ensuring safety of hospitals and health facilities during disasters

Course Goals

• For policy makers - to provide the necessary policy and administrative support to the cause

• For planning team - to be able to contribute to ensuring that the hospitals are functional during disasters

Course Goals

• For all participants – to serve as advocates and catalysts for safe hospitals in their own locality, setting or community

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Course Organization

Course OrganizationModule Themes / Units Time

1. Safe Hospital Concepts

• Risk Management Framework • Role of Hospitals in Emergencies and

Disasters• Concepts of Safe Hospitals• Ensuring Safe Hospitals: Role of

Stakeholders

1 day

2. Safe Hospital Assessment

• Identifying Hazards • Assessing Structural, Non-structural, and

Functional Components and Prioritizing Gaps

• Presentation of Assessment Results and Prioritized Gaps

1 day

3. Action Planning for Safe Hospitals

• Action Plan: Why and How • Formulation of an Action Plan • Presentation of Action Plans• Drafting of Policies for Safe Hospitals

1 day

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Principles of Adult Learning

60% of the training - small group discussions and workshops

40% - lectures or inputs

• Workshops are designed in such a way that participants’ prior knowledge are stimulated and maximized from problem identification to program planning.

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Small and Large Group Teaching - LearningCollaborative Learning

Team Approach (Policy Makers - Technical Staff)

inGap - Identification, Prioritization, and Action

Planning on Safe Hospital

Assessment and Evaluation

LearnersSafe Hospital Vulnerability Assessment Tool

Course PackFacilitators

Assessment and Evaluation

• Learners – pretest / posttest (based on course and session objectives)

• Safe Hospital Vulnerability Assessment Tool – participants’ feedback

• Course Pack – participants’ and facilitators’ feedback

• Facilitators – participants’ feedback

Course Expected Outputs

Course Expected Outputs

• A safe hospital training course package adapted from that of WHO (WPRO) which can be used by all hospitals in Sri Lanka.

• Identification of gaps in safe hospital indicators and formulation of recommended action plans for prioritized gaps by hospital participants.

Course Expected Outputs

• Recommendations for policies on safe hospital to include a national safe health facilities working group.

• Formulation of an advocacy plan by the hospital participants.

Course FacilitatorsDr. Arturo M. Pesigan Dr. Reynaldo O. Joson

Pls. refer to Curriculum Vitae for details.

General Rules on Learning Conduct

Active participation of learners and interactions with co-learners and facilitators strongly encouraged.

General Time Rules

Daily Meeting Time: 0830H – 1630HLunch Break: 1230H – 1330HCoffee / Tea Break: 20 mins.

Agreements on Team Approach(Policy Makers - Technical Staff)

Program design - two sets of participants: Policy Makers and Technical Staff.

• Those participating as policy makers should be currently involved in policy development or formulation and involved in hospital decision making.

• Those participating as hospital technical staff should preferably be involved or will be involved as member of hospital safety committee.

Agreements on Team Approach(Policy Makers - Technical Staff)

Program design - two sets of participants: Policy Makers and Technical Staff

1st day - policy makers and technical staff sit down as teams and together gain common understanding of risk management framework and how it relates to the concepts of a safe hospital.

2nd to 3rd days, training will have as main participants the remaining members of the hospital team.

Agreements on Team Approach(Policy Makers - Technical Staff)

Program design - two sets of participants: Policy Makers and Technical Staff.

In case the policy makers will not be able to participate forthe entire duration of the course (three days),

they are expected to be present during the whole day of the first day.

Program Specific Schedules

Pls. see hand-outs.

Course Overview

Any questions?