University of Duisburg-Essen

The new building combines a number of innovative teaching and learning concepts under one roof. Up to 700 of the approximately 1,800 medical students at the University of Duisburg-Essen have been using the modern infrastructure of the new teaching and learning center every day since the 2014 summer semester.

In addition to a large auditorium, 18 seminar rooms are available for teaching in small groups - including six, which are connected via huge mirrors to a total of three double rooms . Similar to what we know from the evening TV crime story, here students and teachers stand on one side of the mirror and follow the events in the other room. As a rule, they observe examination and treatment situations with simulation patients of the simulation patient program . The spatial separation ensures that the exercises are as authentic as possible. This allows aspiring physicians to train communication with patients under realistic conditions.