TWU Institute of Health Sciences - Dallas Center

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Construction currently is under way on the new TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center, located at 5500 Southwestern Medical Drive. The 190,000-square-foot, eight-story facility combines TWU's Parkland and Presbyterian sites into a campus-in-one building at the Parkland location. The building will include the renowned TWU Stroke Center, a mock ICU, nursing simulation labs and physical and occupational therapy labs. The facility is being built for possible LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

The TWU Board of Regents also recently approved plans to build a 600-space parking garage in 2011. The new garage will be built where the current Parkland education building sits and will include two-stories for future parking or classroom expansion.

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/jan/08/twu-receives-50000-new-institute-health-sciences-d/
http://www.twu.edu/dallascampus/
http://commercial.austinprojects.com/TWU/default.htm

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It's opened:

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_TWU_Pickens_0219.16a8dc584.html


TWU opens new medical campus in Dallas
Saturday, February 19, 2011
By Rachel Mehlhaff

DALLAS — Students tried out their nursing skills on robotic patients Friday as Texas Woman’s University held its grand opening for its new health science institute, named for Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens.

The computer-controlled patient simulators can talk, blink and cough and one even gives birth.

The symptoms depend on what the professor directs the simulated patient to do.

“It’s kind of like Jurassic Park meets nursing,” said Stephanie Woods, associate dean of the TWU College of Nursing.

Students are given scenarios, just as they would when nurses start a shift, and they must figure out what is wrong with the patient and how to treat it.

“The software is able to respond to what the student does,” Woods said.

Pickens said he was impressed by what he saw during the tour of the building.

The oilman and entrepreneur donated $5 million in 2006 so that TWU could build the T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center, located at 5500 Southwestern Medical Ave. in the Southwestern Medical District.

During the tour, Pickens observed a case that involved a child having an asthma attack.

“Give him a shot of adrenaline,” Pickens told the students giving the demonstration.

It was his first time to take a tour of the facility.

“It looks like you could spend a lot of time here,” Pickens said. “I love to see the students working.”

This type of learning is becoming more standard.

The cost of robot patient simulators is what prohibits most nursing schools from having them, Woods said. The simulators can cost $40,000 to $90,000 apiece.

Students started classes in the eight-story, 190,000-square-foot institute this semester.

“Currently, TWU enrolls at all campuses around 3,000 nursing students, and over 900 study at this campus,” Chancellor Ann Stuart said.

During Friday’s ceremony, TWU announced a $2 million donation from Florence A. Doswell. In honor of her gift, TWU has named the college the Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing.

The building currently houses TWU’s College of Nursing, Stroke Center-Dallas and health systems management program. TWU plans to locate its occupational and physical therapy programs there by January.

The occupational and physical therapy programs are currently located at the university’s Presbyterian Campus, adjacent to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

“The building is ready for the students,” Stuart said. “The parking lot is not.”

TWU is planning on building a 600-space parking garage after it demolishes its old Parkland Campus building this summer.

“We want to get our money’s worth, and we certainly got our money’s worth,” Pickens said.

I kinda forgot about this one....

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How we missed this new fantastic 8 story Texas Woman's University addition to the Medical District is surprising!

http://www.twu.edu/dallas/images/twu-new-dallas-center-350.jpg

TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center
5500 Southwestern Medical Ave.
Dallas, TX 75235-7299

During the grand opening on Feb. 18, 2011, TWU Chancellor Ann Stuart noted the value of TWU to the area healthcare industry. Approximately 50 percent of TWU students major in nursing and healthcare fields, and more than 900 of those are nursing students in Dallas. Most of these students stay and work in the area after graduation, she said.

TWU’s new Dallas Center bears the name of Texas oilman and entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, who donated $5 million to the building’s fundraising campaign in 2006. Mr. Pickens has been a generous philanthropist throughout his professional life. The breadth of his nearly $700 million philanthropy is focused on improving lives through grants supporting educational programs, health and medical research and services, athletics and corporate wellness, the entrepreneurial process, at-risk youth and conservation and wildlife initiatives.

The eight-story, 190,000-square-foot Dallas Center houses the university’s College of Nursing, the TWU Stroke Center-Dallas and the health systems management program, and by January 2012, will be home to TWU’s occupational and physical therapy programs. Relocating these programs from the university’s Presbyterian Hospital campus will enable TWU to emphasize the team approach to health care now practiced in hospital settings.

The Dallas Center is built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification standards in keeping with TWU’s goal of reducing its carbon footprint. Later this year, TWU will add a 600-space parking garage, which will include two levels that can be used either for additional parking or classroom expansion.

TWU has had a nursing education presence in Dallas since 1954. The university opened its Parkland campus in 1966, followed by the Presbyterian campus in 1977. The TWU Stroke Center-Dallas, which provides cutting edge treatment and training in neurological rehabilitation for stroke patients, opened in 1992. Today, almost 500 healthcare professionals graduate each year from the center, most of whom remain in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The new Dallas Center is located between Downtown Dallas and Love Field, adjacent to Parkland, Children's and St. Paul's hospitals and the UTSW Medical Center.

http://www.tboonepickensfoundation.org/spotlight-twu.asp and http://www.twu.edu/dallas/

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^^^ That is a mystery.

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Sleeper thread....

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Another nice look at the place: http://www.crowncorr.com/project-portfolio/hospitals/texas-womans-hospital