Clinical Education Hub
Clinical Education Hub
Our Clinical Education Hub opened its doors in autumn 2023, offering state-of-the-art, purpose-built spaces for clinical anatomy and clinical skills teaching. The £4.2M facility benefits from the UK’s largest collection of plastinated human specimens from von Hagens Plastination (GmbH Germany), licensed clinical anatomy spaces, a realistic hospital ward and flexible spaces for clinical skills.
Our Facilities
Clinical Anatomy Labs
Our Clinical Anatomy Labs include a fully licensed, flexible space for conducting clinical anatomy education using our collection of plastinated human specimens. In the future we will also be able to run high fidelity simulation courses using fresh human tissue for clinical practitioners.
Surface Anatomy Lab
Our Surface Anatomy Lab enables learners to examine living people to identify the position of anatomical structures through the skin. It also provides a space for learning living anatomy relevant to clinical practice and diagnosis using ultrasound.
Clinical Skills Spaces
Our clinical skills area provides varying sizes of space (from large to small) for group clinical skill learning activities and a smaller simulation type ward which allows learners to practise ward round activities with mock patients.
Study and Dwell Spaces
Our study and dwell spaces enable learners to attend for an extended period to practise their skills and extend their knowledge. There is a kitchen and a comfortable breakout area in which to relax between teaching sessions.
Student Testimonials
"The plastinates are amazing, and as someone who hasn’t studied anatomy before it has been a great experience, and a great way to visualise in the anatomy lab. I feel really lucky to have this facility as not all universities have this. Anatomy has been the most interesting learning point so far, and the anatomist Erin has been great." - Chloe, first year MB ChB student