Foto Friday: MSU College of Human Medicine Secchia Center Grand Rapids Michigan
We attended a recent open house for Grand Rapids Chamber of
Commerce members at the MSU College of Human Medicine in
Grand Rapids new Secchia Center. The building and its facilities
have state of the art technology, commanding views of downtown
Grand Rapids, and a beautiful new LEED certified building. MSU’s
College of Human Medicine is ranked in the Top 25 Medical Schools by
U.S. News and World Report, so you can see why we care excited to
have them here in the heart of Grand Rapids.
The Secchia Center, a seven-story, 180,000-square-foot building atop
a five-story parking deck along Grand Rapids’ Michigan Street, serves as the
medical education building and administrative headquarters for the MSU
College of Human Medicine.
With a LEED silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, the
Secchia Center uses sustainable finish materials and "smart" lighting, as well
as photovoltaic glass in various areas to convert solar energy into electricity.
The building also features water reduction technologies and was designed
with a heat recovery system, radiant floor heat in the atrium and a
ventilation system that detects carbon dioxide levels in the air and auto-
matically adjusts for improved overall indoor air quality.
Our second year student is giving us a tour of the auditorium. With its
interactive live streaming system, students at the other MSU campuses can
hear the lecture and ask questions.
Another Lecture Room with interactive capabilities. The black boxes on
the desks act like intercoms, so each student can interact with the instructor
and his fellow students. [Yes, that is me in the red sweater!]
This is the view of the Michigan Street hill from the fifth floor.
The Immanuel Lutheran School, then Van Andel Institute, then the new
Spectrum DeVos Children’s Hospital atop the hill. Just part of
the Medical Mile here in Grand Rapids.
This was my favorite item on the tour: the touch screen building directory
with Sparty, the MSU mascot helmet superimposed over a human skull.
The students have a really fantastic patient care & practice center that
is set up as a doctor’s office with treatment rooms that have a 2 way mirror
and video cameras. Interviews and examinations can be viewed and videoed
so the student doctor can see how he is interacting with the “volunteer”
patient. This practical experience helps to improve human interaction and
bedside manner, as well as patient treatment practice. Volunteer patients
are from the local community and are trained on how to interact with the
students.
All of our photos of the tour are here on Flickr.
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