Our State-of-the-Art Health Sciences Facility

Developing the skills to become a physician assistant (PA) takes hard work, dedication — and an educational facility that meets the complex needs of this increasingly sophisticated field.

Innovative New Facility in Rhode Island’s Medical Corridor
The PA program is part of JWU’s new Center for Physician Assistant Studies, housed in a brand-new, 18,000-sq. foot facility dedicated to the health sciences and located in Providence’s Knowledge District.

You’ll be learning in the heart of downtown’s high-tech health services, research and education corridor, which includes RI Hospital, part of Lifespan’s hospital consortium, and Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.

Learning Space Tailored to the Health Sciences
Our new facility will be set up to maximize information sharing, teamwork and collaboration between students, faculty and community colleagues, with:

• Lecture halls with global teleconferencing capabilities
• “Active learning” classrooms that can be easily reconfigured for group work or lectures, depending on the need
• Cadaver-based anatomy lab with access to e-study guides at each dissection station
• Conference rooms for small group meetings
• Student lounges and study areas
• Clinical practice center similar to a hospital emergency room

Building Designed for Convenience and Collaboration
The Center has been designed to transition you seamlessly from morning to night — from the locker room where you can safely stash your valuables to the spacious learning commons where you can study with fellow students after hours. You won’t have to leave the building unless you choose to.

Why is this important? Those first 12 months of preclinical instruction are especially rigorous, and the building will enable you and your peers to learn without interruption — whether you’re studying cardiovascular systems in the anatomy lab, documenting cases in the clinical practice center or attending virtual grand rounds in our lecture hall.

Sharing classrooms and common spaces also enhances the sense of community, enabling you and your fellow students to progress through the first year as a supportive cohort.