Convene Planning Workshop with Key

Stakeholders to Develop TMM

Educate Stakeholders

Select Exercise Planning Team from

Stakeholders

Conduct Facilitator and Evaluator

Training

Conduct TMM Table Top Exercise

Draft After Action Report

Conduct AAR/IP Conference

Track Improvement Plan

Make Modifications to TMM

Educate Stakeholders

Convene Exercise Planning Team

Conduct Controller and Evaluator

Training

Conduct TMM Functional Exercise

Draft After Action Report

Conduct AAR/IP Conference

Track Improvement Plan

Make Modifications to TMM

Educate Stakeholders

Broaden Stakeholders Group

Using the Transitional Medical Model Toolkit to create Exercises

Introduction

Each of the following slides explains a key step in applying the Transitional Medical Model to a jurisdiction and testing it using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) cycle.

Convene Planning Workshop with Key Stakeholders to Develop TMM

• Key Stakeholders: Local Public Health, Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities, EMS/EMA•Review TMM Documents• Develop jurisdiction-specific TMM using blank template

Educate Stakeholders

•Key Stakeholders conduct TMM seminars for their user groups•End-users from Local Public Health, Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities, and EMS/EMA learn how to use the TMM

Select Exercise Planning Team from Stakeholders

•The EPT is responsible for designing, developing, conducting, and evaluating all aspects of an exercise•Customize the TMM Table Top exercise for the jurisdiction•Facilitate and Evaluate the exercise

Conduct Facilitator and Evaluator Training

•Complete Data fields for jurisdiction•Download Situation Manual, Exercise Evaluation Guides, and TTX slide presentation•Conduct Evaluator and Facilitator Training

Conduct TMM Table Top Exercise•Using plenary methodology, the Players discuss their agency’s role and response to the scenario presented based on the Transitional Medical Model•Moderated discussions allow for the participants to hear the outcomes of the various facilitated discussions that have taken place at the functional and agency level •All participants contribute feedback during the Hot Wash

Draft After Action Report•Based on data collected by the Evaluation Team and feedback provided during the Hot Wash and the Facilitator/Evaluator Debriefing an After Action Report is drafted•Analysis of Capabilities•Recommendations for improvement•Capture of “Best Practices”•The AAR Template will be used for this step

Conduct AAR/IP Conference•Validation/Acceptance of the Draft After Action Report•Discussion of recommendations for improvement and incorporation into Improvement Plan using IP Template•Discussion of “Best Practices” and incorporation into Improvement Plan•Final Products:• After Action Report• Improvement Plan

Track Improvement Plan•Implementing the Improvement Plan is only the first step….•The progress made in achieving the recommendations detailed in the Improvement Plan must be tracked over time and tested in future exercises

Make Modifications to TMM•Modifying the jurisdiction-specific Transitional Medical Model is an important aspect of the Improvement Plan

Educate Stakeholders•Key Stakeholders conduct TMM seminars for their user groups•End-users from Local Public Health, Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities, and EMS/EMA become familiar with the revised their agency/jurisdiction-specific TMM

Convene Exercise Planning Team• The EPT is responsible for designing, developing, conducting, and evaluating all aspects of an exercise•Customize the TMM Functional Exercise for the jurisdiction•Control and Evaluate the exercise

Conduct Controller and Evaluator Training•Complete Data fields for jurisdiction•Download customized Exercise Plan, Player Manual, Evaluation Plan, Exercise Evaluation Guides, Controller/Evaluator Handbook, and Functional Exercise slide presentation•Conduct Controller and Evaluator Training•Provide Briefings for Simulators

Conduct TMM Functional Exercise•Designed to evaluate the individual agency/jurisdictional responses to a communicable disease outbreak, using the Transitional Medical Model•Typically conducted in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/Operations Center•Deployment of resources is simulated •All participants contribute feedback during the Hot Wash

Draft After Action Report•Based on data collected by the Evaluation Team and feedback provided during the Hot Wash and the Controller/Evaluator Debriefing an After Action Report is drafted•Analysis of Capabilities•Recommendations for improvement•Capture of “Best Practices”•The AAR Template will be used for this step

Conduct AAR/IP Conference•Validation/Acceptance of the Draft After Action Report•Discussion of recommendations for improvement and incorporation into Improvement Plan using IP Template•Discussion of “Best Practices” and incorporation into Improvement Plan•Final Products:• After Action Report• Improvement Plan

Track Improvement Plan•Implementing the Improvement Plan is only the first step….•The progress made in achieving the recommendations detailed in the Improvement Plan must be tracked over time and tested in future exercises

Make Modifications to TMM•Modifying the agency/jurisdiction-specific Transitional Medical Model is an important aspect of the Improvement Plan

Educate Stakeholders•Key Stakeholders conduct TMM seminars for their user groups•End-users from Local Public Health, Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities, and EMS/EMA learn how to use the TMM

Broaden Stakeholders Group•Increase the number of agencies and stakeholders in the Transitional Medical Model•Repeat the cycle