Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Program Director of Organizational Resilience
Cheryl Connors is the Program Director of Organizational Resilience for the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (AI). Connors fosters a positive culture for Johns Hopkins Medicine that allows the health system to anticipate, prepare, respond and recover within a dynamic, complex and challenging environment. She is responsible for assessing culture, collaborating with entity leaders and planning interventions that effectively target safety issues. Her primary responsibility is to serve as the director for the RISE (Resiliency In Stressful Events) program which she co-created in 2010. In this role, Connors established a partnership with the Maryland Patient Safety Center to help healthcare organizations implement RISE model programs globally.
Connors received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree from the University of Alabama in 2019. She has a clinical background in pediatrics, where she developed a passion to improve patient safety. Connors led the Josie King Safety team for several years at Johns Hopkins before advancing her career in nursing leadership. Connors officially became a patient safety specialist in 2012.
Connors has presented on safety topics both nationally and internationally and has facilitated the education of staff and the establishment of safety teams in the Military Health System. She collaborates with Johns Hopkins schools of nursing, public health and medicine on teamwork and communication and patient safety programs
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Interventions: Resilience in Stressful Events (RISE) Program
Monday, September 30, 2024
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM ET