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As health care has changed, its demands have grown, and St. Ambrose has responded to its challenges—evolving, developing, advancing and leading the field in health sciences education in nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy. And as health care continues to change, with a national trend toward holistic patient treatment by providers across the health care spectrum, St. Ambrose is well poised to provide the academic programs to allow these providers to remain at the forefront of their fields. The university’s collaborative and interdisciplinary educational approach among its health sciences programs creates a new kind of health care professional whose credentials and cross-disciplinary understanding gain them access to jobs throughout the country.

To continue to compete with other programs nationwide, recruit the best and the brightest students and faculty, and help improve health care in eastern Iowa and western Illinois requires a high-tech, state-of-the-art facility, where tomorrow’s leading edge health care teams can be educated.

The Center for Health Sciences Education at St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose and Genesis are once again partnering to address emerging needs in health care by building a center for health sciences education. This modern 40,000-square-foot, $11.5 million facility, constructed at the Genesis Medical Center, West Central Park, just blocks from campus, will facilitate essential collaboration between programs and enhance the learning of decision-making and reasoning skills while maintaining excellence in each program’s specific educational area.

Led by a significant gift of land and support services from Genesis and a major donation from Bechtel Trusts and Foundation, the Center for Health Sciences Education at St. Ambrose will promote greater ease of access between health care professionals and pre-professionals, and enhance the already strong relationship St. Ambrose maintains with area clinics and hospitals.