Course Summary:

Planning and Designing Hospitals for Optimal Performance

Course #M984
June 18-20, 2012
Pyle Center*, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Course Fee: $1295 Discount Available

Benefits

This workshop invites you to rethink what you know and apply what you learn at the workshop. It provides you an opportunity to test your knowledge and skills and put them into practice.

You will explore the demands of hospital environments with the people who use hospitals. Learn what patients consider important for effective functioning of healthcare facilities.
A diversified group of instructors, including planners and designers, patient advocates, and administrators, will bring unique insights that are critically important to hospital planners and designers
You will explore tools for structuring effective healthcare environments, including the use of Lean principles

Topics

Can Healing Happen Here—Learning from the Patient’s Experience
Providing Optimal Care—Learning from the Healthcare Practitioner’s Experience
Tools for Structuring Effective Hospital Environments
A Dynamic Approach to Problem Solving—Improving Your Decision-Making Effectiveness
Future Needs and Opportunities—What Planners/Designers Must Do to Stay on Top
Incorporating Lean in Your Planning Process

Audience

This workshop is structured to benefit individuals and organizations that are striving to improve healthcare facility environments. By attending, you will increase your proficiency in dealing with issues critical to achieving successful healthcare facilities, whether you work as:

Health planner
Healthcare facility designer
Hospital administrator
Anyone involved in hospital planning and design

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 18 Professional Development Hours (PDH), 18 AIA Learning Units (LU) and 1.8 Continuing Education Units (CEU).. Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

General Information

Fee Covers Notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.

Cancellation Policy If you cannot attend, please notify us by June 11, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

Accommodations We have reserved a block of guest rooms (rates starting at $88, including breakfast, private airport taxi (a $30 value), parking, and appetizers, desserts and a beverage in the Chancellor's Club each evening) at Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. Reserve a room online at Campus Inn or call 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code 113625. Room requests after May 27 will be subject to availability. Other fees and restrictions may apply.

We have reserved a second block of guest rooms (rates starting at $89, including expanded Continental breakfast and free wifi) at Lowell Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. Reserve a room online at Lowell Center or call 866-301-1753 or 608-256-2621. Room requests after May 16 will be subject to availability. Other fees and restrictions may apply.

Course Location This course will be held at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. 608-262-1122

Course Discount Team Discount Fee: $1195 each, if two or more people from the same organization enroll in the course. Save $100 per person.

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