Students in their first two years of medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine learn in a state-of-the-art facility designed for the purpose of teaching basic sciences and clinical skills. For instance, students gain very early exposure to clinical skills in the Barbara E. Chick, M.D. ’59, Clinical Education and Assessment Center (CEAC), where students see standardized patients in examining rooms that are designed to resemble a primary care physician’s office, with the added ability to video tape the exchange.

College of Medicine faculty members have been leaders in developing interactive computer-based learning tools, ranging from biochemical exercises to simulated patients presenting ethical dilemmas. For example, computer simulations of the autonomic nervous system give a graphic model for experimentation in the Pharmacology Laboratory.

The Multidisciplinary Laboratory offers students the opportunity to view slides via a microscope and flat panel monitor at their lab tables. Student laptops connect to the wireless network and can be attached to the flat panel LCD monitors for group viewing. Additionally, the lab is equipped with networked computers, computer projectors, laserdisc players and VCRs. This state-of-the-art laboratory enhances team-based learning for both IFM and PIL students.

Drexel is the first medical college in the nation to offer wireless Internet access from anywhere on campus and requires entering students to own a laptop. Additionally, students in their clinical years use handheld computers to record patient encounters and to log procedures.

View an 8 minute video describing technology in medical education at Drexel University College of Medicine (January 2007) -  QuickTime (v 7.0 or above) or Windows Media (please be patient - it may take a minute for the video to begin to play).