Interprofessional Education

About the CHEB

Building facts

Location: Corner of University Avenue and Summer Street
Size: 107,000 sq.ft.; 9941 m²
Budget: $38.5 M
Construction start: October 2013
Construction completion: Fall 2015
Architects: Barrie & Langille Architects of Halifax in association with Moriyama & Teshima, and Education Consultants Services
Construction firm: Bird Construction

A space for learning together

Located at the corner of University and Summer Streets, the Collaborative Health Education Building, also known as the CHEB was officially opened on December 1, 2015.

The only purpose-built facility of its kind in Atlantic Canada, the CHEB is designed to facilitate the transformation of health education for students and faculty from the entire spectrum of the health science professions at Dalhousie and foster a cultural shift in health care toward greater interprofessional collaborative care.

Amenities

A flexible 200 seat classroom and seminar rooms for use of all health sciences disciplines
Kellogg Library Learning Commons
The Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research, which includes specially designed homecare, rehabilitation and hospital settings to enable realistic, simulation-based learning
Social spaces to encourage interprofessional culture
Linkway to the Tupper Building

Green features

LEED Gold condidate
Projected to save 40% of the energy compared to a typical building
LED lighting
36% of building material made from recycled content such as pre-finished metal panels and carpet
Light-coloured roof will reflect incoming sunlight to reduce air temperature in summer
Low-flow plumbing fixtures
First building on campus to use CarbonCure concrete blocks in the basement level
Much of the construction and demolition materials were diverted from landfills and recycled

Read the CHEB Mission Statement

To provide a collaborative setting that fosters a culture of mutual respect and effective teamwork;

To support an academic dynamic that nurtures heightened understanding and appreciation for the contributions of colleagues and asssociates in other affiliated disciplines;

To provide an environment that fosters advancement of interprofessional health education research and evaluation;

To provide an environment that promotes a holistic understanding of the complex factors and issues that affect the care of patients;

To educate students within the framework of a common focus and commitment to the well-being of patients through improved outcomes for health system users;

To operate in in a cohesive way that helps ensure efficient and effective delivery of services to the users of the building.

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