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Pandemic Preparation & Response: A Case Study Applying Kotter’S 8 Step Change Management Theory To Improve Pandemic Response In An Acute Care Setting, Michael A. Mayo Jan 2021

Pandemic Preparation & Response: A Case Study Applying Kotter’S 8 Step Change Management Theory To Improve Pandemic Response In An Acute Care Setting, Michael A. Mayo

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

For healthcare CEOs and leaders, much time is spent planning and strategically assessing our organizations' overall health and status. Planning cycles vary from 1 year to 5 years and, in some cases, 10-year plans. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare leaders have been forced to pivot and embrace a sense of resilience. Today, we are leading and making decisions on a day-to-day basis and even hour-to-hour based on the uncertainty and needs of our organizations and communities we serve. The crisis of a pandemic requires leadership to act swiftly and with a cadence of assurance to all. …


Immediate On-Demand Emergent Administrative Training Program For First-Time Respiratory Therapy Supervisors With Little Or No Prior Supervisory Experience, Irving T. Spivey Jan 2021

Immediate On-Demand Emergent Administrative Training Program For First-Time Respiratory Therapy Supervisors With Little Or No Prior Supervisory Experience, Irving T. Spivey

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

First-time frontline clinical supervisors, such as Respiratory Therapy (RT) supervisors are management officials that are often hired with little or no prior supervisory experience, and the administrative duties required of an RT supervisor are not taught as part of a clinical RT college program. This project is designed to provide an overview and an immediate on-demand emergent administrative training program for the administrative responsibilities required of a first-time RT supervisor with little or no prior supervisory experience, that are required to supervise respiratory therapists that provide critical patient care, and ensure that these respiratory therapists do not harm patients. It …