Educ ation New Building to Serve as Focal Point for Interactive Medical Education With construction of the new Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences (TLC), the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is expanding its educational programs and setting the stage for improved teaching and learning experiences for students, faculty and staff. The six-level, 110,000-square-foot structure is scheduled for completion in 2016. “Our vision is to promote a truly patient- centered approach to delivering medical care while developing world leaders in health, science and education,” says A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc, dean of the medical school. “We’re constructing an edifice we believe will help shape the future.” The TLC will consolidate teaching activities that currently are housed in 11 buildings in a single location near the intersection of LeConte and Tiverton avenues. The building will feature technology-enabled classrooms to facilitate active learning, a clinical-skills training center where students can learn from and with patients, as well as innovative and flexible teaching labs that promote collaboration and multidisciplinary interaction. In addition, it will provide enhanced space for graduate-student and interprofessional education. “Unlike several decades ago, when lectures were the primary teaching method, we now promote learning activities that involve problem-solving, teamwork and interactive communication,” explains LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD, senior associate dean for medical education. “Some features of this building, such as the café, lounge areas and meeting rooms, attempt to break down some of the traditional silos that separate faculty from students,” adds Neil Parker, MD, senior associate dean for student affairs and graduate medical education. “We expect faculty to help students, mentor them, act as their role models and include them in their research and clinical work in a collegial way.” The TLC will also include a large auditorium to be shared with the community, as well as a medicinal-herb garden in and around the building. “The TLC is an interesting metaphor for how we view the medical school and its role in our community,” says Clarence Braddock III, MD, MPH, vice dean for education. “We value collaboration, transparency and respect for other forms of healing, and those values are clearly represented in the design of the building.” “The new medical-school building will be an identifiable and welcoming front door to the outside world,” says John Mazziotta, MD, PhD, executive vice dean of the medical school. “The result will be better-educated students who are more sophisticated in their ability to interact with others and more prepared to be effective members of the healthcare team, all of which will promote patient-centered care.” Vital Signs Spring 2014 Vol. 62 3 Educ ation New Building to Serve as Focal Point for Interactive Medical Education With construction of the new Teaching and and flexible teaching labs that promote The TLC will also include a large auditorium Learning Center for Health Sciences (TLC), collaboration and multidisciplinary to be shared with the community, as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA interaction. 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The building graduate medical education. “We expect will feature technology-enabled classrooms faculty to help students, mentor them, act as to facilitate active learning, a clinical-skills their role models and include them in their training center where students can learn from research and clinical work in a collegial way.” and with patients, as well as innovative Vital Signs Spring 2014 Vol. 62 3 Educ ation New Building to Serve as Focal Point for Interactive Medical Education With construction of the new Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences (TLC), the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is expanding its educational programs and setting the stage for improved teaching and learning experiences for students, faculty and staff. The six-level, 110,000-square-foot structure is scheduled for completion in 2016. “Our vision is to promote a truly patient- centered approach to delivering medical care while developing world leaders in health, science and education,” says A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc, dean of the medical school. “We’re constructing an edifice we believe will help shape the future.” The TLC will consolidate teaching activities that currently are housed in 11 buildings in a single location near the intersection of LeConte and Tiverton avenues. The building will feature technology-enabled classrooms to facilitate active learning, a clinical-skills training center where students can learn from and with patients, as well as innovative and flexible teaching labs that promote collaboration and multidisciplinary interaction. In addition, it will provide enhanced space for graduate-student and interprofessional education. “Unlike several decades ago, when lectures were the primary teaching method, we now promote learning activities that involve problem-solving, teamwork and interactive communication,” explains LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD, senior associate dean for medical education. “Some features of this building, such as the café, lounge areas and meeting rooms, attempt to break down some of the traditional silos that separate faculty from students,” adds Neil Parker, MD, senior associate dean for student affairs and graduate medical education. “We expect faculty to help students, mentor them, act as their role models and include them in their research and clinical work in a collegial way.” The TLC will also include a large auditorium to be shared with the community, as well as a medicinal-herb garden in and around the building. “The TLC is an interesting metaphor for how we view the medical school and its role in our community,” says Clarence Braddock III, MD, MPH, vice dean for education. “We value collaboration, transparency and respect for other forms of healing, and those values are clearly represented in the design of the building.” “The new medical-school building will be an identifiable and welcoming front door to the outside world,” says John Mazziotta, MD, PhD, executive vice dean of the medical school. “The result will be better-educated students who are more sophisticated in their ability to interact with others and more prepared to be effective members of the healthcare team, all of which will promote patient-centered care.” Vital Signs Spring 2014 Vol. 62 3