The University of Valladolid is reforming medicine to obtain classroom places for up to 121 students

The College of Medicine will demolish several departments to obtain more space dedicated to teaching. On the one hand, It will renovate the third floor of the building on Ramón y Cajal Street to create six new classrooms of varying capacity, each accommodating between 38 and 121 students. On the other hand, it will be displayed on the second floor Expansion of the Advanced Clinical Simulation Centerwhich will get a third room for case practice.

The award contract, published by the University of Valladolid this week, makes it clear that the work is expected “It responds to the need to increase teaching space at the College of Medicine to accommodate the increase in planned space.” In addition, he adds, it seeks “to have clinical simulation spaces to improve the performance of future professionals.”

The project, Signed by Francisco Valbuena Garcia, Director of the Technical Unit for Architecture From the University of Valladolid, it is considering, on the one hand, the creation of six new classrooms on the third floor of the central building of the Health Sciences Building. Two of them have a capacity of 38 students, three others have a capacity of 44 students and the largest has a capacity of 121 students. In total, these six newly created classrooms will add 329 new jobs for students.

New classroom They will occupy the space now allocated to various offices and dependenciessuch as those in the field of preventive medicine, obstetrics and pediatrics, the small room dedicated to the Pio Hortega Museum, the teachers’ room and the student exchange office.

Three of these new classes will be computer science, allowing for this Free up the existing computer room on the second floor, next to the Clinical Simulation Center. Currently comprising two classrooms – where students practice assessment and decision-making in clinical scenarios recreated for this purpose – the aim is Expand it with a third, larger room that can accommodate 30 students.

The duration of work implementation is Ten months From the act of rethinking. Work implementation will coexist with academic development. “Given the special circumstances of the building as an educational centre, the approach taken in all the proposed interventions, in general, involves implementing different solutions without affecting, as much as possible, the activity taking place inside the building.” “This was a priority criterion. Those actions that could affect normal performance will be carried out on schedule, at specific locations and in a limited time,” the contract file states. Before starting the works, “planning will be done” with the aim of “aligning business and academic activity, Which causes the least possible disturbance.

The maximum working amount is up to 1.35 million euros and has two reserved items in UVA’s budgets in 2024 and 2025.

Financial support to fill the shortage of doctors

100% of the funds come from the Ministry of Health. Specifically, direct granting of subsidies to public universities with the aim of improving the teaching quality of medical degrees, “increasing the number of doctors graduating from Spanish universities in the medium term to enhance access to specialized health training in medical degrees”. Increasing the availability of medical professionals in the long term as a partial measure “We face a shortage of health personnel in some specialties,” according to a description of the ministry’s funding program.

The project was designed by the architect It also takes advantage of this fix to implement improved energy performance This area of ​​the building suffers from many defects in thermal insulation. Furthermore, “it aims to achieve an improvement in environmental issues, as well as safety, performance and aesthetics issues, given the condition of the façade and the number of years that have passed since its last major renovation.” Accessibility to facilities will be improved. Therefore, necessary measures will be taken “to improve the performance of the envelope, closing the gaps in the blind drawers and the false ceiling to make them independent of the air chambers of the space, which will later be filled by spraying insulation and painting.”

In short, the quality of the indoor environment will be increased, improving thermal control and comfort, Reducing risks to the health of users and the environmental footprint of the building.

The Health Sciences Building occupies a collection of units from the 1960s With areas of the old hospital complex from the late nineteenth century.

The last major renovation dates back to 1968 by architects Angel Ríos and Isaias Paredes, who created the wings that connect to the nursing octagons. The northern wing was demolished to create a new five-storey building to connect it to the so-called Grand Amphitheatre. The complex has been “partially renovated in recent years” and now the central pavilion or main building is the focus of this energy rehabilitation project.