27 May Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan
Order Instructions
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 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 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.
