Washington University School of Medicine updates study rooms, simulated exam rooms

The Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., has been renovated.

The building's third and fourth floors have been converted to study lounges and multipurpose rooms. Additional simulated exam rooms were added to the fifth floor.

The study lounges provide open spaces on each floor and smaller huddle rooms that surround each space. The huddle rooms are equipped with new technology and furniture to make studying more comfortable. 

A private study lounge with acoustical separation was also included in each floor’s design, along with smaller, private study spaces and furniture.

Simulation exam room labs were designed for the Wood Simulation Center on the fifth floor. Renovated rooms incorporate new technology to improve the standardized patient area where medical students interact with patient actors within the course curriculum.

Construction on the project was completed in fall 2020.

The architect is KWK Architects.