Facilities at Sydney Medical School - Nepean
Nepean Hospital is the newest major teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. The Medical School is located on Level 5 South Block in the hospital, and in the Education Centre which is located in the Specialist Centre opposite the hospital at Suite 205, 68 Derby Street.
TUTORIAL ROOMS
Education Centre
The Education Centre has 4 tutorial rooms which can accommodate 6-8 students and 1 tutorial room which can accommodate approximately 20 students. These rooms are used for Pt-Dr and PBL tutorials as well as for exams and teaching events.
South Block
Level 5 South Block has three tutorial rooms which have a capacity to accommodate approximately 10-12 students with computer access in each room.
LECTURE ROOMS
Education Centre
The lecture room can accommodate approximately 50 people. The room is used for lectures, videoconferencing and master classes
South Block
Level 2 Auditorium can accommodate 113 people and has the latest audio-visual and video conferencing equipment.
Level 3 auditorium
Located on Level 3, West Block. It can accommodate 70 people and is fitted with excellent audiovisual technology and an adjunct kitchenette.
SEMINAR ROOMS
South Block
STUDENT COMPUTER ROOMS
Located on level 5 South Block, the seminar room has the latest video conferencing and audio-visual technology. It can seat approximately 35 people.
South Block
The computer room in South Block comprises of 8 computer stations and a networked printer. The Medical Program students are provided with 24 hour access.
Clinical Skills Lab - Education Centre
NEPEAN HOSPITAL LIBRARY SERVICE
The Sydney West Area Health Service (Western Cluster) provides library services for all employees and students while on attachment to the Area Health Service, this includes students of the Western Clinical School. The Library is a relaxing place in which to work and study and the small team providing the services work hard to make sure the collection is relevant to the information needs of those who use it.
The main collection is located at Nepean Hospital on Level 5, Spurrett Building (South Block) and there is another collection at the Blue Mountains Hospital at Katoomba. The focus of the collection is medicine, nursing, allied health, mental health, community health issues, health promotion and health administration. An effort is made to include the latest editions of recommended texts in the collection for student access. The collection is primarily print based and has around 8,000 books, subscriptions to around 200 journals and about 500 videos. The books and videos may be borrowed but as a general rule the journals are not for loan. When particular books are in heavy demand the borrowing period may be limited by refusing to extend loans during the demand period.
The Library is open Monday – Wednesday 8.30 am – 6.00 pm, Thursday 8.30 am – 7.00 pm and Friday 8.30 am – 5.00 pm. The Library has no after hours access. Following the merger of Wentworth and Western Sydney Area Health Services to form Sydney West Area Health Service the libraries of the two area health services as well as the Children’s Hospital Westmead have formed a wide area network of libraries sharing the same catalogue and loan system.
All borrowers must register as a library client before they may borrow material from the collections. SWAHS ID must be presented at the time of registering. To ensure the collection is available for all borrowers in a timely way, a loan period of three weeks with the possibility of two extensions of a further three weeks each is allowed per item. A fines policy is in place for overdue returns. After hours returns can be made by returning material through the after hours chute in the library’s front door. Items returned overnight are taken as being returned at closing time the previous working day
Reference material may be borrowed overnight. It can be borrowed an hour before closing time and must be returned at or before the next time the library opens.
Reservations can be requested for items on loan to another borrower. This will ensure a renewal cannot be made be the current borrower. You will be advised when the book is available for loan and it will be held awaiting collection for one week.
Computer access
There are four public access computers available in the Library for use by all staff and students on attachment to the Area Health Service. These computers are designed to supplement those specifically installed for student use in the Clinical School.
CIAP (NSW Clinical Information Access Program)
The library staff provide assistance in effectively using the databases and other information resources available through CIAP, and are able to assist with the performance of literature searches. CIAP is available via the intranet and externally via the Internet on the NSW Health website
Photocopying
Two colour enabled photocopiers are available for public copying in the library. Both machines are card operated and the copy cards must be purchased at the library desk. All students are required to pay for the copying they do on the Library’s copiers. One of the copiers also acts as the printer for the four PCs in the Library.
All copying must be in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Copyright Act 1968. Among other things the Act prohibits multiple copies being made of articles or extracts from books. If you are uncertain about the restrictions imposed by the Act please ask a member of the library staff.