HCM 550 – Term Project Requirements

Congratulations!

You have been hired as a consultant to advise Saint Leo University Hospital leadership on the development of a Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. Saint Leo University Hospital is currently under construction and will celebrate its grand opening twelve months from the beginning of this course. Among the many projects to be completed before the hospital welcomes its first patients is writing the Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan.
For this consultancy, select one of the following public health emergencies as the basis for formulating insights and
recommendations to Saint Leo University Hospital leadership for its new Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan.
 Option 1: Hurricane
 Option 2: Toxic chemical emergency
 Option 3: Infectious disease outbreak (e.g., influenza pandemic)
 Option 4: Earthquake
The module-by-module instructions for the term project are as follows:
Module 1
 Step 1A: Review hospital disaster preparedness and response plans that you retrieve from the internet. Select and
save 6-8 of the most applicable and comprehensive plans to serve as references in this term project. A sample
keyword search using Google is:
hospital “disaster preparedness and response plan” filetype:pdf
 Step 1B: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 1 textbook chapters (e.g., complex systems thinking, organization theory and behavior, leadership theories and roles) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response
Plan for the selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
Module 2
 Step 2A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 2 textbook chapters (e.g., organization design and coordination, motivation) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the selected public health emergency.
Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
Module 3
 Step 3A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 3 textbook chapters (e.g., work teams, communication) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint Leo University
Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the selected public health emergency. Apply and cite
at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 3B: Begin combining the Module 1-3 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and carefully
edited document.
 Step 3C: Submit your Module 1-3 term project components to your instructor for feedback and suggestions.
Module 4
 Step 4A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored
words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 4 textbook chapters (e.g., power, politics, conflict
management) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s
Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least
three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 4B: Continue combining the Module 1-4 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and
carefully edited document.
Module 5
 Step 5A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored
words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 5 textbook chapters (e.g., organizational
complexity, organizational learning and innovation, quality improvement) informs the development, adoption,
and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the
selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles)
above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 5B: Continue combining the Module 1-5 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and
carefully edited document.
Module 6
 Step 6A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored
words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 6 textbook chapters (e.g., strategic management,
interorganizational collaboration, organizational values/mission/vision) informs the development, adoption,
and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the
selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles)
above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 6B: Continue combining the Module 1-6 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and carefully edited document.
Module 7
 Step 7A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 7 textbook chapters (e.g.,) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and
Response Plan for the selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster
plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 7B: Continue combining the Module 1-7 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and carefully edited document.
Module 8
 Step 8A: Write approximately 750 focused, clear, concise, convincing, well-structured, and individually-authored words explaining how application of concepts in the Module 8 textbook chapters (e.g., personal responsibility, health information privacy, ethics, international collaboration) informs the development, adoption, and eventual execution of Saint Leo University Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for the selected public health emergency. Apply and cite at least three references (e.g., disaster plans, scholarly articles) above and beyond the textbook.
 Step 8B: Continue combining the Module 1-8 term project components into an integrated, well-structured, and
carefully edited document.
 Step 8C: Submit the term project before 11:59 pm on Sunday at the end of Module 8.
Submit the final Term Project to Chalk and Wire no later than Sunday 11:59 EST/EDT of Module 8. The final Term
Project Chalk and Wire link is located in the Module 8 folder. Students who do not submit the assignment to Chalk and
Wire will receive a zero. This is a key program assessment; the results are used to ensure students are meeting program
goals. Video and PDF instructions can be found on the course home page. PDF instructions are also located in the Start
Here folder

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan
Introduction
During times of disasters, hospital plays critical roles that are founded within the healthcare system by offering essential healthcare services to the affected people and the community at large. Incidences that results to patient surge and destruction of infrastructure which include explosive hazards, nuclear, radiological biological or chemical explosives as well as natural disasters and terrorist attacks requires a multifunctional and multijurisdictional response and recovery effort (WHO, 2011). These efforts must underscore the provision of healthcare. As such, in the absence of emergency….