Health Professions Center
The new Health Professions Center on the West Burlington campus is a state-of-the-art facility that brings together all of SCC's healthcare programs into one location.
The two-story facility is essentially be a virtual hospital complete with patient simulation labs,* an innovative SCALE-UP classroom equipped with technology designed to accommodate a variety of teaching and learning methods, and an ambulance simulator. The center also features student study spaces throughout.
Want to learn more about the facility?
Watch this quick overview video.
Simulation Training
Book learning and theory will only get you so far.
Learn medical procedures, perform diagnostics, and practice patient care on realistic man, woman and baby patient simulators.
SCALE-UP Classroom
It’s not all textbooks and whiteboards anymore.
Learn in the next generation of classrooms in our SCALE-UP room.
Work in teams on projects using a complete array of multimedia tools right at your
fingertips.
Virtual Ambulance
Want to become an Emergency Medical Technician?
Study in our program and get first-hand experience of what it’s like to treat patients in a working ambulance while inside our simulation lab.
Health Professions Center
In West Burlington, our healthcare programs were once scattered across campus. Centralizing them under one roof has made for more efficient use of resources, cross-discipline collaboration and sharing of technology. This investment has improved student learning and make for skilled graduates prepared to meet the demands of healthcare facilities across the region.
The two-story facility is essentially be a virtual hospital, complete with patient simulation labs, an innovative SCALE-UP classroom equipped with technology designed to accommodate a variety of teaching and learning methods, and an ambulance simulator. The center also features student study spaces throughout.
Clinical Simulation Lab
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Lab
Project cost: $10.4 million, building & equipment
Total square feet: 38,000
Features:
- Centralized health program facilities
- State-of-the-art patient simulation labs
- SCALE-UP classroom
- EMT training ambulance simulation room
- Faculty offices and student study spaces
- Coffee bar
Download our facility overview flyer.