Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Vice Chancellor David A. Brenner, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony and reception for the new UC San Diego Medical Education and Telemedicine Center today (Nov. 20). The event took place on the east lawn of the School of Medicine campus, between the Medical Teaching Facility and the Stein Research Building.
With the construction of the new Medical Education and Telemedicine Center, scheduled to open in the fall of 2011, the UC San Diego School of Medicine is investing in an innovative way of educating future physicians and a new way of delivering health care.
The approximately 99,000-gross-square-foot facility, with 60,000 square feet of assignable space, will be a hub of learning that incorporates state-of-the-art design and technology to prepare medical students to become physicians and innovators of tomorrow. It will also be used for physicians to learn new skills utilizing the latest advances in medical and surgical technology, such as surgical robotics.
In addition, the new facility will be a regional and statewide center for new initiatives in tele-education and telemedicine to support improved health care access. Telemedicine uses telecommunications to practice medicine over far distances, which allows medical care and expertise to be provided to remote areas and communities with inadequate physician coverage.
Approximately half of the funding to build the new Medical Education and Telemedicine Center comes from Proposition 1D, a bond initiative passed by California voters in September 2006 to expand and enhance medical education programs with an emphasis on telemedicine.
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