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Other features of the 2,500-square- foot lab will include high-tech lighting and individual air filtration and ventilation systems at each station, integrated audiovisual technology for enhanced instruction and demonstration, and office space for instructor-student consults. The school has also recently purchased a VH dissector, which allows students to dissect bodies in a digital environment with 3D and cross-sectional views. WSU's College of Health Professions will operate a second anatomy lab on the same fifth floor of the Wichita Biomedical Campus. That space will contain 16 bays along with anatomy simulation and histology labs. It will be used by students in all of the college's programs, from undergraduate to doctoral programs in physical therapy and nursing. An anatomy simulation lab uses tools such as 3D virtual dissection headsets and high-fidelity manikins to teach anatomy and clinical skills, while a histology lab is used to teach the preparation and examination of tissue slides. "We will have opportunities for collaboration with WSU," said Philemon Shallie, an anatomist and associate professor at KU Wichita in Academic & Student Affairs. "That's a very good thing." Hand agreed. "We'll be back-to-back with each other. I think there's going to be a lot of opportunity to say, 'Hey, you want to come over here and try something?'" Both anatomy labs are expected to be toured frequently by groups of high school students. Hand said every incoming class in the College of Health Professions includes freshmen who visited its current anatomy lab as high school students. SIMULATION LAB Wichita Biomedical Campus' Simulation Center will also be located on the fifth floor. The new 20,000-square-foot center will be considerably larger than the one Brumfield oversees at present, consisting of eight simulation rooms, a control area behind mirrored windows allowing visibility into each simulation room, a 30-person simulation classroom and five debriefing rooms. Medical students already do some simulation training with College of Health Profession students. Brumfield and Hand both expect that to expand. "Healthcare now is not as much individual as it is a team sport, so to speak," Hand said. "IPE gives the opportunity for (students in) different programs to work together as they would in a hospital setting." STANDARDIZED PATIENT CENTER KU Wichita's new Standardized Patient Center will be located on the sixth floor and used for clinical skills training by medical and pharmacy students. It will feature 24 individual exam rooms — twice the current number — two of which are designated for point-of-care ultrasound training. Separate from the Standardized Patient Center, the sixth floor will also house a pharmacy lab, which includes a model pharmacy. One design feature that represents a significant improvement over the current Standardized Patient Center: separate entrances into the exam rooms for students and standardized patients. "That's going to help us with some creativity and integrity for the cases," said Stephanie Murray, M.D., the center's medical director. "The fidelity of the experience for the student is so much greater because you're not passing your patient in the hallway during a lunch break or something like that." While WSU's Standardized Patient Center will be located on the second floor, there will still be opportunities for collaboration. Hand said Wichita Biomedical Campus' opening in 2027 should create multiple opportunities for its partners to work together. "We're all extremely excited. It's been a real pleasure working with Dr. Tatpati (KU Wichita Dean Laura Tatpati). She's very collaborative. We're looking forward to getting into the building and doing things differently than we have before." Visit our website to learn more about the Wichita Biomedical Campus. 27