LAS visit to LKCMedicine's Clinical Sciences Building and Medical Library on 29 Mar 2018

Visit to Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) in Novena Campus.

Photo credit: courtesy of Ms Jenny Wong, Programmes and Social Committee, LAS

Programme:

• 2.45 pm - Assemble at Reception, Clinical Sciences Building, 1st Floor

• 3.00 pm - Introduction of LKCMedicine and tour of Clinical Sciences Building and Medical Library

• 4.30 pm - Light refreshments

• 5.00 pm - End of programme

Car park details: Limited parking is available at the HQ building and an open-air car park along Mandalay Road. Car park charges are about $2.50 per hour.

The address of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Novena Campus) is:

11 Mandalay Road Singapore 308232

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About the campus:

Here are some information I extracted from the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's web page http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/Pages/Dual-Campus.aspx

NTU Novena Campus is situated close to LKCMedicine’s partner teaching hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, to facilitate students’ seamle​ss integration into clinical settings. 

The brand new 20-storey Clinical Sciences Building (CSB) offers LKCMedicine students state-​of-the-art future learning spaces, including a Learning Studio, custom built to support the School’s IT-enhanced Team-Based Learning (TBL) approach; the Anatomy Learning Centre, which consists of a cluster of 11 alcoves distributed around a central teaching core; and the Centre for Clinical Simulation, which consists of a practical skills lab, simulated four-bed ward, which can be configured to a range of clinical settings, and a communication suite with 10-paired consultation rooms, so that students can practise their skills in a realistic and safe environment. 

The CSB will also be home to LKCMedicine researchers, with the laboratories interconnected through collaborative spaces.

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I enjoyed the visit and was impressed by:

* New lift concept: all the floor bottoms were outside the lift.  The intelligence lift system will allocate the lift that move passengers going to the same floor together.

* The library is on the top floor, the 20th floor.  This is the first library of which the library readers and visitors can have a 360 view of the city.

Here is the extract about the library from:
http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/MedicalLibrary/Pages/Medical-Library.aspx

Crowning the Clinical Sciences Building is the rooftop Medical Library which not only boasts an impressive collection of medical journals, textbooks and unique collections such as the Medical Art Print Collection, Children’s Health Collection and Singapore (SG) Doctors, but also a panoramic view of Singapore’s city skyline.​​​

The Medical Library is divided into four conceptual spaces:

• Quiet Study area, where the print collection is located. The library shelves, which you can sit on, provide a welcoming environment to browse books; while Study Pods and tables provide a conducive environment to focus on work.
• Collaboration space, provides general use computers. Quick discussions can also be held in the semi-enclosed meeting spaces.
• Flexi-Space, a multifunctional room that can be used to hold seminars, workshops or events. During exam periods, it is transformed into a study hall.
• Café area, where you can unwind or hold informal meetings over a drink or meal.

Between the Flexi-Space and Café area, there is an outdoor terrace accessible to anyone looking for a space with fresh air, some greenery and a scenic view of Singapore’s Central Business District.