Welcome to the UCF College of Medicine M.D. Program’s Virtual Tour. This experience offers an inside look at our innovative facilities, collaborative learning spaces, and vibrant student environment. As you explore each section, you’ll find links to 360-degree photos located under the corresponding headings. These immersive visuals provide a closer, more dynamic view of where our future physicians learn, grow, and thrive.
M1/M2 Classroom/Auditorium
Throughout the M1 and M2 years, students will have classes in either of the primary lecture halls located on the first floor. These identical learning spaces are equipped with charging desks, large projectors, and more than enough seats for the entire cohort. Tiered seating allows for quick configuration of team-based learning and discussion-based activities.
Ravago Lecture Hall
This room offers a modern and welcoming space designed to support student learning and collaboration. Equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual technology, tiered seating, and excellent acoustics, the auditorium serves as a central hub for smaller lectures, guest speakers, and special events.
Lewis Auditorium
This room is the chief venue for large-scale gatherings at the College of Medicine. It is the setting for a range of events—from the Dean’s annual State of the College Address and grand rounds to distinguished guest lectures and the Arts in Medicine’s Holiday Showcase each December.
Student Affairs Suite
Medical students benefit from specialized student support services, the majority of which can be found in the Student Affairs suite. Students may drop-in during business hours to connect with the Registrar, Admissions, Student Services, Financial Services, Career Advising, and the Student Affairs deans. Less than a ten-minute walk away, Counseling and Wellness is also available for free, unlimited mental health counseling at the UCF Cancer Center.
Student Lounge
Closed to faculty and staff, the Student Lounge is a private space for students to unwind between class and other obligations. Students may take advantage of the kitchen, which includes small appliances as well as two industrial refrigerators, to conveniently prepare their meals. There is no shortage of entertainment available, either, with access to board games, video games, musical instruments, art supplies, a pool table, foosball, ping pong, and much more.
Small Group Learning Rooms
Seventeen of these rooms are available for individual or group use and may be reserved through the Health Sciences Library. Most rooms include at least four long desks, multiple whiteboards, and A/V hook-up for a small monitor.
Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library
At the Health Sciences Library students may study, access reference items, and utilize staff resources to assist with their research. The space is divided between a conversational side, where students often collaborate, and a silent side, for optimal focus. While the silent side is home to reference materials and two napping pods, the conversational side features one of the building’s many free printing stations, Apple desktops, and the circulation desk.
Wellness Center
The Wellness Center offers students 24/7 access to workout in relative privacy. From the Smith machine to free weights, kettle bells, resistance bands, yoga mats, and treadmills, , the student gym is well-equipped for cardio and strength training exercise. Students may store their belongings securely, as well as shower, in the locker rooms next door.
Walking Desks
Medical students are no strangers to multitasking, making the walking desks a very popular feature of the Medical Education Building for those who wish to study while on the move. The walking desks can be found on the second, third, and fourth floors.
Simulation Center
This facility is a dynamic laboratory and learning space and includes four bays resembling an emergency room or operating room, depending upon the scenario at play. Students work with a variety of medical mannequins, highly sophisticated robotic patients who are used for more invasive procedures, such as intubation, labor and delivery, EKG, and ultrasound. Adjacent to the bays are multipurpose rooms which may be configured for different training purposes, such as CPR, retinal scan, or suturing.
Clinical Skills Laboratory
This laboratory provides a mock clinical setting so students may practice essential skills and gain hands-on experience. Over sixty standardized patients—or medical “actors”—assist students in training during non-invasive procedures and medical interviewing. Each of the sixteen exam rooms has a camera, speaker, and one-way mirror for faculty observation and patient safety purposes. Students may also request to review their encounter footage for self-assessment.
Student Academic Support Services/Residency Advising
Another branch of Student Affairs, Student Academic Support Services (SASS) is dedicated to supporting students throughout their academic journey. SASS assists with preparation for STEP 1 and STEP 2 board exams, facilitates the Peer Academic Coach program, and coordinates appropriate accommodations for those who need them. The SASS suite also serves as a welcoming and resource-rich environment, offering dedicated space for practice exams, peer tutoring, and one-on-one meetings with staff. In addition, residency program advising is housed here, providing students with personalized guidance as they prepare for the next phase of their medical careers.
Team Learning Laboratory
Formerly known as the Microscopy Lab, this room supports traditional histology and pathology slide study. Like hospitals and pathology labs, the TLL utilizes a ten-headed microscope equipped with digital image capturing and multiple video monitors so that every table may have a consistent, clear view of every slide.
Anatomy Laboratory
One of only three universities in the state with a willed-body program and a gross anatomy lab, UCF teaches students in a high-tech 8,100 square foot lab with 22 dissection tables and two preparation rooms. Ceiling-mounted monitor/computer terminals adjacent to the dissection tables allow for easy access to a digital dissection manual. Each table also has a touch screen available so that students may review 3-D scans of donor patients, as well as access radiology and toxicology reports. Unlike most of its counterparts, UCF’s anatomy lab is located on the fourth floor and faces a conservation area, so natural light may be enjoyed without risking donors’ privacy.