Yeni Nesil Afetlerde Üniversite Hastanelerinin Afete Direnç Kapasitelerinin Artırımına Yönelik Keşfedici Bir Araştırma
An Exploratory Research on Enhancing Disaster Resilience Capacity of University Hospitals during Next Generation Disasters

Summary/Abstract: Although the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the whole world in a relatively short time, is not listed among the classical disaster definitions and has caused many negative effects as the largest-scale disaster the world in terms of economic, public health, and social aspects. While the vulnerability approach in integrated disaster risk management reveals the hazards, exposure, and effects, the resilience perspective emphasizes the capacity to handle and adaptation capacity, and emphasizes adaptation, transformation and change in the process of determining the level of damage we may suffer. For this reason, enhancing the resilience of hospitals, which play a critical role in the epidemic, to next generation disasters, especially pandemics, requires a coordinated governance process in which many stakeholders participate. This study aims to reveal how to increase the resilience of university hospitals towards next generation disasters, with an approach that positions integrated disaster risk management at the center. Within the scope of the study, focus group interview was selected among qualitative research methods, and seven specialist doctors working in different branches of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Hospital were interviewed, and the findings were analyzed using the MAXQDA 24 Program. In this regard, it has been concluded that instead of classical awareness-raising seminars and standard hospital exercises, focusing on awarenessraising studies and inter-unit experience sharing within the framework of adaptive governance in which healthcare professionals can develop their adaptive skills in the light of the basic principles of an effective risk management process, is highly essential.

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