About the School
The School has over 11,000 students and has been recognised for its excellence in learning and teaching through quality assurance reviews.
The School is active in enterprise activities including digital innovation, service improvement and consultancy. We are renowned for our rapid response rate to the education and training needs of employers in health and social care.
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The Health and Social Care Institute has an international profile in rehabilitation and public health.
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We involve carers and service users to help improve our students' training.
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The award-winning Centuria Building is home to the School but courses are also delivered at national and international venues.
Facilities
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Centuria South - due 2010, our £17m sport and health sciences building for dental technology.
IT help desk for staff and students.
IT and library access on hospital sites.
Three IT laboratories with linked data projectors and 30 workstations (open access).
Two main lecture theatres with audio-visual kit - the largest has video conferencing.
Advanced clinical skills lab with bays for emergency care, trauma, neonatal, intensive and coronary care.
Clinical skills labs four wards and 17 beds with training mannequins, manual handling hoists, delivery beds, cots and midwifery equipment.
Interaction labs with cameras, video, sound and editing facilities.
Anatomy lab examination plinths, anatomical models, skeletons and CD-based teaching software.
Activities of Daily Living suite with fully equipped bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and living room.
Occupational therapy practical skills lab equipped for art and craft and thermoplastic splint making.
Physiology lab with computer controlled exercise treadmill, exercise ergometers, microscopes and blood and gas sampling and analysis equipment.
Medical imaging teaching lab with collections of X-radiographs and ultrasound equipment.
Two physiotherapy labs with hydraulic treatment plinths, including Bobath and traction couches, exercise therapy and electrotherapy.
All laboratories are supported by a team of specialist technicians.
Teesside Centre for Rehabilitation Science based at James Cook University Hospital.
Health and Social Care Institute.