Applying the EDAC process to a clinical education environment
Healthcare Design, May 2010 by Taege, Kate, Rasche, Jim
National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore began planning in 2009 for their new 775,000-square-foot medical center – home of the new National University Cancer Institute of Singapore project (NCIS) and the Specialty Outpatient Clinics (SOCs). Their mission was to integrate excellent clinical care, translational research, and superior medical instruction to support their vision,”Shaping Medicine for the Future.” Working with Kahler Slater’s Singapore office – a Milwaukee-based Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) Champion firm – and a local Singaporean firm, Consultants Incorporated Architects and Planners (CIAP), NUH established a strategy to create a new world-class ambulatory medical center. From the onset, the design’s intent was to promote experiences that would allow NUH to accelerate the realization of their vision.
NUH recognized that a major influence on the design would be the educational aspect of the project. Therefore, they employed a strategy to redesign the undergraduate medical school curriculum for teaching and learning in the ambulatory setting. The curriculum is being rewritten to promote more case-based, interactive, hands-on learning with students having assignments to participate in real clinical settings with real patients and senior physicians
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