Newly renovated in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library and the Clinical Skills Suite in the basement of Harkness Hall is designed to engage students and accommodate a variety of teaching and learning methods.
Newly Unveiled Facilities Foster Interactive and Team-Based Learning
September 16, 2019
Medical Education Renovations
In the team-based classroom, students can interact in small groups, as well as participate in the larger group.
Credit: Christopher Gardner
Medical Education Renovations
Suspended monitors facilitate sharing content.
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Medical Education Renovations
Moveable monitors and natural light enhance the learning experience.
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Medical Education Renovations
The new space has many areas for students to congregate, such as this area outside the new 125-seat classroom.
Credit: Christopher Gardner
Medical Education Renovations
Several new classrooms are now located in space previously occupied by millions of printed volumes, many of which were moved to the University's Library Shelving Facility in Hamden.
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Medical Education Renovations
Smaller classrooms can also be doubled in size via moveable walls.
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Medical Education Renovations
The renovated Clinical Suite in the basement of Harkness Hall has expanded classroom and meeting space for students undergoing clinical skill training.
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Medical Education Renovation
Jadeep Talwalkar, MD (center) works with medical students in an exam room in the renovated Clinical Skills Suite in Harkness Hall.
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Medical Education Renovations
Left to right: Medical students Hanya Qureshi, Julia Wolfe, Sreeja Kodali, and Kevin Givechian, with Jaideep Talwalkar, MD, in an exam room where students work with standardized patients.
Credit: Robert A. Lisak