On-Demand Educational Webinars
Apr 1, 2020
Speaker: Dennis Ford
Texas Children's Hospital created a pressure dependent spaces program that includes adoption of a national standard, a comprehensive master list of pressure dependent spaces, a plan to monitor these spaces, policies to manage repurposing of these spaces, and training of staff…
Apr 1, 2020
Speakers: Bob Bedard, Gordon Burrill, Eileen Clarkson
Health care facilities-acquired infections (HAIs) have become a key focus for many health care organizations and regulatory authorities. Often, HAIs are caused by pathogens deposited during construction that occurred years or even decades ago…
Apr 1, 2020
Speakers: Tim Peglow, Pamela Redden, Richard Rucksdashel, Jayson Casallo
This presentation addresses the facility implications in planning for infection transmission prevention, recommendations for developing an infection prevention team, and insights from project leaders.
Apr 1, 2020
Identify the risks in health care settings and how to reduce them by applying fundamental facility design principles related to biocontainment.
Aug 22, 2019
Speaker: Tatiana Guimaraes
Learn how to identify the urgent need to challenge existing design practices and how designers accommodate this continuous change through flexibility and vision. This presentation highlights four different case studies that defy the current surgery design model.
Aug 22, 2019
Speakers: Erica Larson and John Ryan
Learn about the significant need for mental health services and facilities, the hurdles of navigating a specific legislative process, and the shifts in design for today’s non-institutionalized psychiatric settings.
Aug 22, 2019
Speakers: Rebecca Lewis, Scott Miller, Jennifer Aliber, and Peter L. Bardwell
This forum reviews recurring code issues, explores case studies, and discusses improvements to the codes that regulate the programming and planning of hospitals and health care facilities.
Aug 22, 2019
The purpose of the AIA/AAH PDC Planning + Design Student Challenge is to produce a compelling design-to-budget proposal with teammates drawn from a hat. This roundtable discussion with student faculty advisors covers team development and collaboration, and the issues and lessons addressed are not…
Aug 16, 2019
Speakers: Walt Vernon and Jason D’Antona
This session discusses how the evolution of demand factors for health care facility electrical systems have become irrelevant to today‘s health care facilities field.
Aug 16, 2019
Speakers: Damon Greeley, Thomas Gormley, Troy Markel, Jennifer Wagner