Library Services
PHSU Library on Main Campus, Fundación Angel Ramos, is designed to provide convenient access for the academic community members. Its mission is to support the students, faculty, and researchers’ learning, research, and academic success. The Library offers 10,128 sq. feet of spacious, comfortable facilities and a suitable environment that includes excellent lighting, equipment, and arrangement of books, journals, and audiovisual materials in open stacks (shelving space saver).
The Library supports access to Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Psychology, Biomedical, and Health Sciences resources for students, faculty, and researchers and responds to the university community’s information needs. The academic curriculum is supported by access to online databases, eBooks, journals, etc., subscribed to by the Library. The library acquires, preserves, manages these resources, and provides services on campus and through its website (https://www.psm.edu/library).
The Library has Circulation, Reserve, Acquisition, and Administrative offices on the first floor. A Study Hall, a Computer Room (LRC), Journals, and Interlibrary loans services are on the second floor. Electronic books and journals with full text are also available for students and faculty through the Public Access Catalog (PAC). Students and faculty can access many books and periodicals by borrowing from other libraries through interlibrary loans. The Library workstations provide full access to wireless Internet. The second floor is open 24 hours. The Silent Study Room area is also open 24 hours. There are 314 seating available throughout the library, tables with ergonomic chairs, and cubicles. It also has cubicles and other specialized equipment for students/faculty with disabilities. An elevator, two photocopy/printer machines, 12 desktops, and Wi-Fi are also available.
A small room with 12 desktop and photocopy/printer machine is also available 24 hrs in the 2nd floor. There is one cubicle for handicap in each area. In addition, on the 1st floor, there is a study room (open 24 hrs) equipped with 36 cubicles, one for people with disabilities. Visitors who need Library services are welcome until 7:00pm.
The Learning Resource Center facilities are equipped with 40 computers located on the 2nd floor- Building D, and offer access to electronic databases, the internet, link services and office productivity applications as Word, Excel, Power Point, and specialized software as SPSS. These facilities are available for PHSU authorized users.
Academic Tower
On June 19, 2020, PHSU broke ground on our four-story academic tower along with the outer infrastructure for a 750-seat auditorium. The new academic facility includes space on the first floor allocated to student support services including admissions, registrar, financial aid, bursar, and student counseling to provide a centralized location where students can receive needed services from our dedicated staff. Our new 2,500 sq ft student lounge, located in the northwest corner of the first floor, will provide additional recreational space for students to study and interact in between classes. The first floor also has additional space for food services including a kitchen, “grab and go” food area, and provide more dedicated space in the student commons for studying and socializing.
The second floor of the facility at 41,745 square feet adds new 20 classrooms, ranging from one large 100 seat classroom, one 75 seat classroom, one 44 seat classroom, and various rooms ranging from 25 to 16 seat rooms designed for small group discussions and smaller classes. The second floor also provides more collaborative spaces and waiting areas for students to interact between classes. On the second floor’s north side, there will be a study area for students with 136 study carrels and five study rooms. The floor will also have the entrance to the new 750-seat auditorium for events and large classes. Construction of the auditorium is expected to be finished in 2024.
The third floor houses our standardized patient, anatomy and simulation laboratories for medicine and nursing. Our medical simulation units will have areas for operating room simulations, and pediatric patient rooms with simulators and equipment. Adjacent to the medical simulation laboratory the standardized patient’s unit will have 19 exam rooms for exercises and exams. The new nursing simulation area will have a pediatric exam simulator, LDR patient sim, isolated patient room, puncture room and other exam rooms within the unit. The new anatomy facility will have 20 anatomy tables and cadaver preparation/storage area. This floor expands and upgrades our simulation units to provide experiential learning opportunities for medical and nursing students.
The fourth-floor houses office space for the CEO, President, Academic Affairs, Schools and Programs administrators. In addition, there are conference rooms available for meetings, a copy/print area, and a staff lounge.
Classroom Building and Laboratories
PHSU Main campus has a total of 16 classrooms distributed in the following buildings: Academic D (7), Building L (4) and Building Q (5).
The Gross Anatomy Lab is in Building E-Main Campus. It can accommodate up to 17 tables. The Clinical Skills and Simulation Laboratory for the School of Nursing is located in the third floor of the Academic Tower.
Research Building
The Research Building is a two stories facility where all research protocols are processed. Also, most of the Basic Sciences Departments offices are in this building.
Student Lounge
PHSU Main campus has a student lounge of 1,500 sq. ft. of interior space and a 1,600 sq. ft. terrace. It is fully equipped. The Academic Tower has more dedicated space in the student commons for studying and socializing.
Standardized Patients and Simulation Laboratory Unit
The Standardized Patient and Simulation Laboratory Unit is located in the third floor of the Academic Tower.
Use of University Equipment
University equipment and supplies are provided for the use of employees in the performance of their official duties for the University as designated from time to time. Use for purposes other than those authorized requires prior authorization.
Educational Technology and Online Learning
PHSU has an Educational Technology and Online Learning unit under the Vice President for Academic Affairs. This unit has a director, a recording studio supervisor, two educational technologists, and three video editors. This team supports faculty, staff, and students in using the educational technology resources available in the institution to meet students’ learning experiences. These resources include the Learning Management Systems (Canvas, Moodle), offline examination platform (ExamSoft), videoconferencing tools (Zoom), and Audience Response Systems (iClickers). The unit specialists also develop courses, resources, and workshops for the training of faculty and staff in the use of new technologies and their implementation in the learning environment.
The unit has the necessary equipment for the use and implementation of current and new technologies in education. Also, it has a Recording Studio to assist faculty in the recording of didactic material to be used in teaching modalities such as the flipped (dynamic) classroom. The studio has acquired production monitors, cameras, teleprompter, TV, and computers for video editing for these purposes. The Recording Studio is in Building E-Main campus.
Audiovisual Support
PHSU has a complete audiovisual service that ensures that the proper audiovisual facilities are PHSU Audiovisual unit ensures that the proper audiovisual material, equipment, and services be available to support faculty teaching, student learning, and administrative activities. The audiovisual office is in Building E-Main Campus.
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