About the Landsbaum Center for Health Education
The Landsbaum Center for Health Education offers unique opportunities for
health improvement and team learning through partnership and multidisciplinary
education. The building houses the Indiana University School of Medicine -
Terre Haute Center's second year teaching program, the West Central Indiana
Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and Union
Hospital's Richard G. Lugar Center for Rural Health (formerly Midwest Center
for Rural Health) and portions of Indiana State University College of Nursing.
The Center for
Health Education FAQs
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What is the project?
The project houses facilities for the second year medical students of the
Indiana University School of Medicine-Terre Haute; students of the ISU College
of Nursing and Union Hospital's Lugar Center for Rural Health.
Where is the facility located?
The address is 1433 N. 6 1/2 Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807. The building
is located just south of the Union Hospital Family Medicine Center, at the
corner of N. 6 1/2 St. and 6th Ave. Click here for
a map and driving directions from I-70 to the LCHE.
How did the three institutions decide to partner in building the
facility?
Since the State of Indiana adopted the Indiana Plan for Medical Education in
1970, the IU School of Medicine-Terre Haute has been housed in facilities in
Holmstedt Hall at ISU and in Terre Haute's Union Hospital. Basic Science
courses and the adminstrative offices have been housed in Holmstedt Hall;
clinical courses and elective clinical rotations have been at Union Hospital.
Basic science faculty are IU professors or guest lecturers; clinical faculty
come from Union Hospital's medical staff as well as the staffs of surrounding
hospitals.
ISU constructed a Nursing Clinical Education Building on land made available by
Union Hospital in 1969. Nursing students taking clinical classes at Union
utilized the building. The Sycamore Nursing Clinic and Nursing Continuing
Education programs were also offered at that site.
In recent years all three institutions have added programs that focus on the
delivery of healthcare to rural communities.
Union established the Rural Training Track as part of its Family Medicine
Residency Program; ISU and IU School of Medicine established the BA-MD program
which allows students from rural communities to be admitted to IUSM-Terre Haute
Center after satisfactorily completing their BS degree at ISU in a program
designed to prepare students for medical school. The ISU College of Nursing has
developed an advanced degree program for Family Nurse Practitioners, many of
whom went on to practice in rural communities.
Where did the funding come from?
The budget for the construction project was $6.1 million with an additional
$1.8 million set aside for advanced technology. The project was funded by the
state legislature in the 1999 session of the General Assembly with an
appropriation to the IU School of Medicine for the Terre Haute Center in the
amount of $2.8 million, $2.5 million of which went to this project with the
remainder used to improve the teaching facilites at the Holmstedt Hall site for
first year medical students. Union Hospital's Lugar Center for Rural Health has
received four federal grants totaling $2.5 million from the U.S. Health
Resources and Services Administration. Indiana State University contributed
$1.25 million through proceeds from the sale to Union Hospital of the Nursing
Clinical Education Building on North 7th St. Morris Landsbaum bequeathed
significant additional funds, a portion of which went into construction of the
facility and a portion of which went into an endowment to ensure ongoing
updated technology for the new center. Additional funds to complete the project
were provided through the generosity of a number of donors.
Why is this facility necessary?
Discussions have been underway since the mid-1970's between officials of IU
School of Medicine and Union Hospital about t he desirability of bringing
education programs to train medical students, family medicine residents and
nurses together in a state-of-the-art facility that allows the sharing of
staff, facilities and technology. The facilities occupied by all three programs
became inadequate for current needs of the programs.
All three programs have received state and national recognition for their
innovative approaches. To continue to incorporate the latest technology into
the programs, modern facilities were deemed essential.
Who owns the building?
The building is owned by all three institutions.
Who designed the facility?
BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis.
What is included in the facility?
The two-story, 30,000 square-foot building includes a 150-seat lecture hall,
three classrooms, Clinic facilities, study areas for students, staff and
faculty offices, and housing for Indiana's first Area Health Education Center.
When was the building completed?
The building was ready for classes in the Fall, 2003 semester.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Groundbreaking for the Center for Health Education. |
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D. Craig Brater, M.D., Dean, Indiana University School of
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Lloyd Benjamin III, Ph.D., former President, Indiana State
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Landsbaum Center Building Dedication
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