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Introduction to the Health Sciences Building
In 2001, the Health Sciences building opened allowing for
state-of-the-art equipment/teaching/learning activities. The Health Sciences
Building has a realistic campus lab for skills that is among the best in the
Alabama Community College System.
The design of the skills lab reflects the mission and philosophy
of the Health Science Division: students should learn in an atmosphere that is
realistic and in an environment which promotes trust and good working
relationships with peers. To accomplish this, we have adopted an
interdisciplinary approach to teaching/learning activities. Theory that is
common to all the disciplines was identified. In the lab, students
learn to work together with students from other disciplines. For example, in one
area of the lab, all students learn skills associated with medication
administration. There are no separate labs for EMS and nursing students, except
those that realistically occur in the work setting.
The campus lab, designed as a small community hospital, allows
for a realistic teaching-learning environment. Consider the following scenario:
An ambulance pulls up to the ambulance bay, and a patient is taken to a room in
the Emergency Department. EMS students help nursing students transfer the
patient to the ER bed. EMS students give report to the nursing students on the
patient's condition as it was upon arrival at the scene and during the
transport. As the EMS students prepare for another run, nursing students take
vital signs, start an IV, and place monitor leads on the patient. Radiography is
notified that X-rays are needed, and radiography students transport the patient
to the Radiography Department for a series of X-rays. A CT of the
abdomen is needed to rule-out internal injuries, so the patient is transported
to Computed Tomography. Family members talk with the patient briefly as he is transported
to the Operating Room for surgery. Following surgery, the patient is transported
to a five-bed ward where he will be cared for by nursing students until he is
discharged. To plan for discharge, nursing students meet with the patient and
family in the conference room.
Interactive learning in the classrooms is enhanced with LCD's
that project the Internet and all types of clinical simulations available on
CD-ROMs and videos. Two 24-station computer labs are open for student use. With
access to the Internet and more than 200 computer programs, students enhance
their learning through tutorials, review, drill, and clinical scenario practice.
A student lounge provides a relaxing atmosphere for students before and after
classes.
Imagine learning to be a paramedic, radiographer, surgical
technician, or nurse in this environment! There's no better place for you.
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Union State Community College is an Equal Education Employment/Opportunity
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Wadley, AL 36276
(256) 395-2211
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1701 LaFayette Parkway
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 745-6437
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321 Fob James Drive
Valley, AL 36854
(334) 756-4151
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