Creating Optimal Dental Health Simulation Laboratories and Human Patient Simulation Suites to Support Interprofessional Education

Punit Jain, Cannon Design
Michael McManis, AT Still University

AT Still University in Kirksville, Missouri has opened a new 60,000 SF Dental and Interprofessional Education Building for the first two years of dental education and is in the process of creating a new 80,000 SF St. Louis Dental Clinic Building to house the Missouri School of Dental and Oral Health.

AT Still University is renowned for its preeminence as a multidisciplinary healthcare educator. The University is focused on integrating the founding tenets of osteopathic medicine and the advancing knowledge of today's science. Part of this effort involves the development of true interprofessional educational learning experiences on campus and at off-site clinical training experiences with federally qualified community health centers for underserved patients. ATSU continually earns distinction as the graduate health sciences university with best-in class, innovative curricula and a community outreach mission to serve the underserved. This presentation will review the development, design and construction of the new Interprofessional Education and Dental School building housing both medical and dental school programs as well as broader campus-wide needs to demonstrate/advance interprofessional education and collaboration among various schools within ATSU and beyond with other institutions of learning like Truman State University and neighboring CHC's. The presentation will also demonstrate how inclusion of different types of spaces in the building is promoting multiple modalities of current student learning and faculty teaching styles. Finally, this presentation will provide an update on the development of a sister building housing a third and fourth year student dental clinic in St. Louis that will be operated in partnership with Grace Hill Health Center to provide dental care to residents of the region, particularly uninsured or underinsured patients through this strategic partnership.

Such a facility must bring together spaces for urgent care, surgery, pediatric, endodontic and special needs operations for multidisciplinary and patient-centered care. Additionally, the building will include generous waiting and registration areas, clean sterile, dirty sterile, dispensary, a wet-laboratory, imaging and support spaces.

This presentation will look at the strategy CannonDesign implemented to accommodate these diverse needs and deliver an operationally efficient and valuable building that will enrich the education of AT Still students and health of the community. The session will also focus on strategies to maximize flexibility, efficiency and outcomes.

Learning Objectives

  • Gain understanding of the diverse spaces needed to accommodate a leading-edge dental school and interprofessional education.
  • Learn the key strategies implemented with A.T. Still to create a highly-flexible and efficient laboratory focused on students and patients.
  • Discover new ideas to strengthen synergy between the client and design team to ensure these unique laboratory spaces meet their maximum potential.

Biography

Punit Jain is a key member of Cannon Design's Science and Technology practice, with extensive experience in laboratory architecture. Mr. Jain serves as Cannon Design's sustainable design leader, responsible for promoting high-performance design through LEED® certification, conducting training for the firm's professionals, and championing sustainable design practices. Validating this commitment, Mr. Jain was elected to the National Board of the U.S. Green Building Council, which is widely recognized as one of the most influential institutions in the sustainable movement worldwide.

Mr. Jain was recognized with a 2010 Go Beyond Award, and has also received the Growing Green Award in the "Quietly Green" category for his dedication and service to the sustainable design in the community at large.

 

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