Check-in opens at 8:00 am, day concludes at 5:00 pm
6.5 AIA/EDAC continuing education units
$515
Today’s designers, architects and healthcare providers are faced with the continued challenge of creating care environments that will meet the needs of patients ranging in age from infant to adolescent and the clinical staff providing their care. Creating effective design solutions means first understanding the daily needs of the pediatric patient population and their families, as well as the specialized practice protocols and processes of pediatric medicine.
Join us for this one day interactive, collaborative, problem-solving workshop intended to enable project stakeholders (designers, facility executives, administrators, care providers) to employ physical design strategies and methodologies that support improved care for children. Nationally acclaimed faculty will present pediatric specific evidence-based design best practices and case studies that integrate architecture, design and technology with innovative medical practice to create high-quality, high-tech care in a safe and enriching environment. Attendees will also share questions and ideas with the faculty and fellow attendees through interactive panel discussions.
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
401 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
TEL: 1-443-573-8700
Rooms available:
September 16-19
Hear the industry's leading health facility design experts and providers share how design is making a difference in the lives of children and their families.
Articulate the latest trends in pediatric care and how the built environment enables that care.
Understand the role of positive distractions in the care process and how design can be integral to providing those positive distractions for patients and their families.
Consider the role that demographics often plays in children’s healthcare spaces and how design can assist in serving a culturally diverse population with differing customs and needs for social interaction and support.
Hear about case studies of state-of-the-art facilities and determine how best practices from those initiatives can be applied to other pediatric healthcare settings.
This unique experience is ideal for individuals who are involved in the design and operations of new pediatric care environments and those wishing to evaluate the quality of their existing facilities.
Natalie Miovski Hagerty AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC, Director of Facilities Planning for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Opening Keynote Presentation
Deborah M. Wingler, PhD, MDS-HHE, EDAC, Research Assistant Professor, The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing, Clemson University
Designing for Pediatric Patients and Their Parents During the Ambulatory Surgical Process
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of pediatric patients undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures over the last two decades due to advances in technology and surgical techniques. To meet this demand, healthcare organizations are rapidly building ambulatory surgery centers. Perioperative anxiety can have profound and lasting effect on children, and is a common challenge for children and their parents, as well as for pediatric anesthesiologists. When designing ambulatory surgical environments, it is essential to understand how the physical healthcare environment can either mitigate or contribute to child and parent anxiety from both child and parent perspectives. This session will share findings from a recent research study that investigated the effect of using an induction room vs. the operating room on child and parent anxiety. We will provide an in-depth look at child and parent perceptions of two ambulatory surgical environments, and discuss valuable insights for designers, clinicians, and healthcare executives in providing a more positive ambulatory surgical experience for pediatric patients and their parents.
Lynn D. Martin, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Continuous Improvement and Innovation, Seattle Children’s, Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics (Adj.), University of Washington School of Medicine
Designing for Pediatric Patients and Their Parents During the Ambulatory Surgical Process
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of pediatric patients undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures over the last two decades due to advances in technology and surgical techniques. To meet this demand, healthcare organizations are rapidly building ambulatory surgery centers. Perioperative anxiety can have profound and lasting effect on children, and is a common challenge for children and their parents, as well as for pediatric anesthesiologists. When designing ambulatory surgical environments, it is essential to understand how the physical healthcare environment can either mitigate or contribute to child and parent anxiety from both child and parent perspectives. This session will share findings from a recent research study that investigated the effect of using an induction room vs. the operating room on child and parent anxiety. We will provide an in-depth look at child and parent perceptions of two ambulatory surgical environments, and discuss valuable insights for designers, clinicians, and healthcare executives in providing a more positive ambulatory surgical experience for pediatric patients and their parents.
Robert White, MD, Director of the Regional Newborn Program, Beacon Children’s Hospital
The Next Big Ideas in NICU Design
NICUs are transitioning in many ways, both operationally and structurally. Family involvement is now a given rather than an afterthought, with important implications. Large numbers of infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome require new concepts of care. Specialized areas within the NICU for tiny babies, neurointensive care, surgical care, and others are being developed. Anticipating the scope of these and other changes over the lifetime of a new unit is challenging, but recent experience in trendsetting units can help inform the next generation of NICU care and design.
Juliet L. Rogers, PhD, MPH, President, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign
Creative Planning for the Future of Pediatric Healthcare
How can we plan for the future of healthcare when the uncertainty is so high and the only thing we know for sure is that change is imminent? One option is start with two things that we know for sure – First, healthcare is working to catch up to other industries more focused on user experience, continuous customer engagement, interactive and predictive technologies, and location-agnostic services; Second, pediatric care is not experiencing the same shifts in healthcare delivery as adult medicine and therefore needs a unique approach to planning. Workshop participants will learn how to conduct an interactive exercise with their own clinical and facilities planning teams, designed to produce a diversity of ideas about the future. Organizing concepts and prioritizing those most likely to impact future flexibility can harness creative energy and productively advance a forward-thinking approach to planning children’s healthcare facilities that will stand the test of time and adapt to whatever the future brings. Join us as we delve into the future of pediatric care and discuss the contribution that a creative planning process can make.
Sue Ann Barton, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, Principal, ZGF Architects
Designing for an Improved Pediatric Healing Experience
For children and their families experiencing pediatric healthcare facilities, healthcare design done well can promote physical and emotional healing. This session explores accessible ways that design can enhance healing environments. With strategies that include harnessing the power of biophilia, building spaces for play and respite, and use of color, we will discuss methods for improving pediatric healthcare environments for better outcomes.
Owner's Panel
Cory Sassano, EDAC, Healthcare Planner & Designer, Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
Brian Belpanno, Associate Executive Director at Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Northwell Health
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Refund Policy: All requests for refunds must be received via email no later than 4:30 pm PDT, 21 days prior to the event. No refunds will be given after that time. An administrative fee, (10% of the registration cost) will be charged for all refunds. Registrations made within 21 days of the event will not be refunded. Substitutions of attendees may be made at any time without charge. We reserve the right to offer qualified substitute presenters in the event of an emergency, illness, etc. If a particular presentation has to be cancelled, attendees are still responsible for the full amount of their registration fees. Every effort will be made to immediately notify registrants of changes or cancellations. There are no exceptions to this refund policy.
