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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 25, 2019
MIAMI – Miami Dade College (MDC) unveiled its new Center for Learning, Innovation and Simulation during a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. Scheduled to welcome its first students this fall, the technology-rich facility will ensure students are well-prepared to succeed in the rapidly changing health care industry, enable MDC to expand its health sciences offerings, and open the door to new partnerships with Miami-area health care providers.
Located on the MDC Medical Campus in the heart of Miami’s Health District, the new five-story, 135,000-square-foot facility will accommodate the continued growth of some of the college’s most in-demand programs – including emergency medical services, nuclear medicine technology, nursing and physician assistant – and allow for the addition of new programs such as central sterile processing and surgical technology.
Harvard Jolly was the architect of record. Kahler Slater was the design and health sciences education architect, providing programming, planning and design expertise.
An advanced medical simulation center occupies the building’s entire third floor, enabling students to gain essential hands-on experience working in a variety of clinical environments, including emergency, surgery, labor and delivery, primary care and home health care. It features 15 hospital/patient rooms with high-fidelity mannequins, a simulated ambulance, a simulated one-bedroom apartment, 10 exam rooms where students will interact with actors specially trained to portray patients, a 5-sided CAVE virtual reality space, debrief rooms where students and faculty gather to review just-completed exercises, and a partner/sponsor space.
In addition to the simulation center, the Center for Learning, Innovation and Simulation includes a variety of classroom, collaboration and gathering spaces. Among them are active learning classrooms; a 300-person multi-purpose conference center; a 150-person tiered lecture facility with technology at each seat; smaller lecture classrooms; wet labs; physical therapy, occupational therapy and physician assistant labs; a radiology suite and student break-out spaces.
While the Center will primarily be used by MBC students and faculty, it will also be available to local health care organizations for staff training and research.
About Harvard Jolly Architecture
Harvard Jolly Architecture was founded in 1938 and today is one of the largest firms in
Florida offering services in architecture, interior design and landscape architecture. The firm’s portfolio includes health care, assisted living/senior care facilities, municipal buildings, public safety facilities, libraries, colleges and universities, K-12 education, data centers, sports and recreation facilities, museums, performing arts, and parking structures. The company works closely with each client through all stages of the planning, design and construction process in order to achieve a unique and appropriate solution for each facility. More information is available at HarvardJolly.com.
About Kahler Slater
Kahler Slater creates environments that enrich lives and achieve powerful results. Through architecture, interior design, strategic advisory and environmental branding, Kahler Slater leverages design to help its clients reach their strategic goals for advancing their organizations. The firm uses a Performance-Based Design process that is grounded in research to ensure that it designs for change. With clients around the United States, Canada and Singapore, Kahler Slater’s team includes marketplace experts in the health care, higher education, corporate office, living environments, hospitality, and sports and wellness sectors. Follow Kahler Slater online at kahlerslater.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter (@KahlerSlater).
Exterior image courtesy of Kahler Slater. Interior image courtesy of Harvard Jolly Architecture.
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