The newly renovated Kessler Teaching Laboratories provides an integrated educational resource for first and second year medical students. This includes a state-of-the-art Anatomy dissection lab with a mobile viewing station, 26 fully equipped small group teaching rooms, and three lecture halls. Wireless Internet access is available throughout. Also located in the Kessler Teaching Laboratories is an educational computer lab equipped to provide access to computer-assisted self instruction, e-mail, the Internet, word processing and bibliographic data bases.

The Clinical Skills Center and Standardized Patient Programs

The Clinical Skills Center and Standardized Patient Programs located in the Kessler Teaching Laboratories, directed by Carol A. Terregino, M.D., plays a significant role in our teaching and assessment of physical diagnosis, history taking and clinical communication skills. Dr. Terregino works closely with course and clerkship directors to develop exercises to train and assess these skills. Training will include developing skills in establishing a therapeutic relationship with patients, integrating information, providing culturally sensitive care, and educating patients regarding healthy lifestyles. Judi Marraccini, the Clinical Coordinator, will recruit and train standardized patients, and develop clinical cases and assessment criteria.

The Media Library

The Media Library offers curriculum support in the basic sciences for students, faculty and staff through its electronic and print collections. This facility allows students to reinforce the knowledge and skills acquired in the lecture hall, laboratories and small group sessions in a comfortable environment conducive to learning, near necessary information resources and library specialists who can provide additional support.

Wireless access is available, and wired library workstations provide a gateway to electronic journals and books. Library websites and the online catalog can be searched on site and remotely. The director of the library, Zana Etter, provides database searching classes as well as offering ad hoc assistance in the library.

The Media Library edits and posts audio lectures to the RWJMS course webpage, and archives lectures from previous years. During the school year we are open 7 days a week including evenings and weekends. We are located on the 2 nd floor of the Kessler Teaching Laboratories wing, along the East Corridor, in Room N-207.

The Library of Science and Medicine

The Library of Science and Medicine, operated by Rutgers University, is conveniently located in a building next to the Kessler Teaching Laboratories. The collections in both print and non-print formats span a broad range of fields in the sciences. An online catalogue is available on the Rutgers University Libraries home page. Specialized branch libraries for chemistry, physics, the mathematical sciences, and alcohol studies are also available a short walk across campus.

The Cognitive Skills Program

The Cognitive Skills Program offers academic support to students in all four years of medical school. The philosophy of the program encourages all students to seek services to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of study. Support is also offered to students preparing for the licensure exam (USMLE).

Student Health and Student Wellness

Student Health and Student Wellness services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

WebCT

WebCT is an online course management system. Course materials and course evaluations are available to all students online via WebCT.