Upgrading our educational facilities

The health and rehabilitation sciences field is fast-moving—and so is the education that informs it. This, in turn, means that Sargent College must continually invest in its facilities to help students stay abreast of advances in knowledge and technology.

For example, our new Gross Anatomy Lab will provide a state-of-the-science space for all Sargent College students and faculty to interact and learn in the only cadaveric dissection laboratory on the Charles River Campus. The lab will feature more than 1,000 square feet of new and improved, best-in-class space, with enhanced teaching and learning tools, as well as a dedicated classroom.

Another example is our recently completed Simulation Lab: a multipurpose simulated learning space designed to strengthen our students’ clinical training and experiential learning focused on the health professions. The space, known informally as the Sim Lab, provides a realistic representation of a healthcare setting in which students can practice a variety of clinical and behavioral skills. It supports simulated patient interactions and collaborative learning to to bridge the space between the classroom and real-life clinical experiences.

We have prepared separate informational packages on these and other facility-related giving opportunities, which we are happy to share with you upon request.

Clinical education centers: Discovering, teaching, and healing

Working in our on-campus clinical settings, students gain the experience and confidence needed to translate emerging theory into effective practice. And our clinical education centers look outward, as well. They provide a wide variety of services to the BU and Greater Boston communities, ranging from physical rehabilitation to occupational therapy to nutritional counseling—and generally at a lower cost than competing clinics. They include:

• The Aphasia Resource Center

• The Aphasia Research Laboratory

• The Ryan Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

• The Sargent Choice Nutrition Center

• The Intensive Cognitive and Communication Center

• The Academic Speech, Language & Hearing Center

• The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

• The Center for Neurorehabilitation

• The Center for Brain Recovery

Support for our centers—either in the form of endowment or current-use funds—will help provide innovative educational experiences for our students. It will also advance our basic and clinical research, and help us deliver enhanced services in our community.