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Exercise Design Workshop

January 13-15, 2026 | 8:00-4:30, daily

Omaha, Nebraska
Hilton Garden Inn - Omaha West

This three day activity-based course is designed to prepare participants to be the in-house disaster exercise design expert for their facility. This training will focused on both discussion and operations-based exercise development. 

Participants will earn what they need to do to comply with CMS, Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies’ required exercises.  

Registration is Open

Participants will learn: 

  • 7 types of exercises including considerations involving cost, time frame and personnel  
  • Overview of a Comprehensive Exercise Plan  
  • Exercise Design Process  
  • Exercise Facilitation 
  • After Action Reports and Improvement Plans as required by accrediting agencies  
  • Exercise documentation including Situation Manual, Exercise Plan, Controller/Evaluator Handbook, Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), and Evaluator Tools  
  • How to write a Tabletop and Full-Scale Exercise 

 

Participants will spend more than half their time in each course in skill building activities. Working in teams, participants will: 

  • Develop and conduct a tabletop exercise  
  • Participate in a Functional Exercise  
  • Develop an operations-based exercise (Full-Scale Exercise)  

 

Questions? E-mail: events@transcendx.us

 

Due to the hands-on nature of the courses, class sizes are limited to 40 for each course.
When the course is filled, a waiting list will become available. 

Rates

Nebraska Residents: $150
Out-of-State Participants: $250

Breakfast and Lunch are included for all attendees.


Location

Hilton Garden Inn Omaha West

17879 Chicago St. Omaha, NE 68118

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