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UNSW, Faculty of the Built Environment
CHAA Seminars and Conferences aim to be the meeting point for both national and international healthcare professions, to raise awareness of the facilities issues in the healthcare sector and to increase and disseminate knowledge about best-practice to professionals with an interest in improving healthcare facilities design, functional planning, operation and life-cycle management to support improved patient care outcomes and the performance of the healthcare sector.
4-7 August - ACHSE 2009 National Congress - Building our Healthcare Systems around People and their Needs in partnership with CHAA was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The focus of the scientific program for this Congress fell into three sub themes:
Building People
Building Services/Systems
Building Infrastructure.
For presentations & webcasts, please visit: www.achse.org.au/frameset.html
Tues 21 JULY 2009 4:30-6:00pm ABS205, UNSW
Prof James Barlow Seminar - Integrating healthcare services, technology & infrastructure
James Barlow is a Professor of Technology and Innovation Management and a Director of the
Health & Care Infrastructure Research & Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC) and has a PhD from the
London School of Economics and a background in geography and economics. James’ research
focuses on the adoption of innovation in complex sectors of the economy. Planning, designing
and delivering innovative infrastructure to deliver high value healthcare is a major challenge for
policy makers, health services and industry - this seminar will report on work carried out by
HaCIRIC to address this issue. Click here for flyer.
TUESDAY 17 March - Cornell University & UNSW Student Exchange
4:00-5:pm, M010 Red Centre, UNSW
Speaker: PROF FRANK BECKER
Cornell University (College of Human Ecology, Ithaca, NY, USA) and
UNSW introduce the Undergraduate Student Exchange Program. Great opportunities are available for undergraduate students from both Cornell & UNSW - study abroad, enhance your educational experience and student development, and gain advantages in your future career development. For more information, see the UNSW International Student Exchange site.
THURSDAY 12 March - CHC, UTS SEMINAR "Ecology of Resilience"
5:30-7:30pm, UTS,
Level 5, Building 10,
Jones Street, Ultimo
Speaker: PROF FRANK BECKER
The Centre for Health Communication, UTS hosted a seminar on the Ecology of Resilience. Frank was invited to be one of the speakers and his talk centred on ‘Rethinking the Nursing Work Environment: Patient Safety, Quality of Care and the Organizational Ecology of the Nursing Work Environment’.
FRIDAY 6 March - AHIA Emerging Issues Workshop No.5 - Health Planning Unit (HPU) Multi-Purpose Services (MPS), Sydney, NSW
This workshop was the fifth in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines.
TUESDAY 3 March - CHAA Seminar No.1 - "Barbarian at the Gate: Heretical Ideas for Designing University Buildings"
4:00-5:30pm Theatre G001, Red Centre, UNSW
Speaker: PROF FRANK BECKER
CHAA & the FBE Interior Architecture Program welcome you to the first CHAA Seminar for 2009. Our guest speaker, Visiting Professor Frank Becker, will be introduced by the Dean of FBE, Alec Tzannes. Prof Becker is from the Department of Design & Environmental Analysis/College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, New York, USA and he will be talking about new ways of working that are reshaping how we plan, design and use academic facilities. His area of expertise is organisational ecology - studying the way in which the planning, design, and management of complex organisations such as hospitals, large corporations and R&D units affect how individuals, teams and organisations function.
TUESDAY 2 February - IRMRC-CHAA-SRSS SEMINAR "The Ecology of the Nursing Unit: The Impact of the Physical Design on Improving the Quality and Safety of Care"
4:00-5:30pm Room 105, ASB Building, UNSW
Speaker: PROF FRANK BECKER
Our Visiting Professor, Frank Becker, will be speaking at a seminar in collaboration with CHAA, the NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) and the School of Risk & Safety Sciences (SRSS). There are no presentation materials available.
TUESDAY 2 December - HCAMC EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP No.4 - HEALTH PLANNING UNIT (HPU): MENTAL HEALTH, ACT Health, ACT
This workshop was the fourth in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines. The objective of this forum was to alert managers and planners to the rapid pace of change in medical technology; the potential impact on facility and health service planning; and what some jurisdictions are beginning to do to deal with it.
MONDAY 29 September - HCAMC EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP No.3 - MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FORUM, WA Health, Perth, WA
This workshop was the third in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines. The objective of this forum was to alert managers and planners to the rapid pace of change in medical technology; the potential impact on facility and health service planning; and what some jurisdictions are beginning to do to deal with it.
MONDAY 4 August - HCAMC EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP No.2 - HEALTH PLANNING UNIT (HPU): INPATIENT UNIT, Edwin M Tooth Auditorium, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
This workshop was the second in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines.
A range of speakers outlined current trends and information about what is currently being planned or built for a range of current projects. The attendees then divided into groups to brainstorm and develop strategies for the key issues identified that will then be considered in reviewing and updating the Inpatient Unit HPU.
Click on the links below for programme & presentations:
MONDAY 21 APRIL - HCAMC EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP No.1 - HEALTH PLANNING UNIT (HPU): OPERATING UNIT, Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library of SA, Adelaide, SA
This workshop was the first in a series aimed at sharing research and receiving feedback from clinicians, managers and designers regarding latest trends in clinical practice, technologies and design that should be considered in updating the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines.
A range of speakers outlined current trends and information about what is currently being planned or built for a range of current projects. The attendees then divided into groups to brainstorm and develop strategies for the key issues identified that will then be considered in reviewing and updating the Operating Unit HPU.
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Health facilities briefing and design experience from practitioners using the Guidelines
(Themed 'Sustainability, Design, Financing & Research')
The second CHAA Conference was held at the University of New South Wales in Sydney on 19 & 20 February 2007. The CHAA Conference 2007 aimed to examine current and emerging problems in the sustainability, design, financing and research of health facilities.
See links below for more information:
+61 2 9385 4799
fbe@unsw.edu.au