Suttie Centre

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Suttie Centre in 2010

The Suttie Centre is a purpose-built training centre on the Foresterhill hospital campus in Aberdeen.

Facilities

The Suttie Centre for Teaching & Learning in Healthcare is a partnership between the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian. Designed by Edinburgh architects Bennetts Associates, the £20 million, five-storey, timber-clad building opened in September 2009. [1] Part of the University of Aberdeen, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, the centre is used for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, and a wide range of healthcare staff use it for their continuing professional development. There is public access to displays on medical history. [1]

The centre contains the university Anatomy department, a 220-seat lecture theatre, a simulated ward area and facilities for the ‘volunteer patients’ who support the teaching of clinical skills. [2] Advanced technology includes an IT suite and a range of innovative simulators including the UK’s first ‘sim-baby’. [1] A public cafe and museum area presents the history of medicine in the north-east of Scotland.

A central atrium allows natural light into the heart of the building, which has a 6500 square metre floorspace in total. [3] [4]

The centre is the fulfilment of the vision of Professor Matthew Hay for the Foresterhill Health Campus, a joint site for healthcare. [5] In 1900 he identified Foresterhill as a suitable location.

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References

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Coordinates: 57°9′21″N2°8′9″W / 57.15583°N 2.13583°W / 57.15583; -2.13583