Misericordia purchased the former Frontier (Commonwealth Telephone Company) building on Lake Street and converted it into a modern health care teaching environment. The 37,000-square foot building is the home of Misericordia’s growing College of Health Sciences. The building houses the departments of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Nursing.
This health science facility provides students and faculty with a variety of opportunities. First, labs and classrooms were designed specifically for use by health science students. Second, students interact in a clinical/hospital-like setting, emulating the real world facilities in which they will soon be working. Speech-language and physical therapy students treat patients on site in working clinics.
Physician Assistant students enjoy a recently renovated lab facility immediately adjacent to Passan Hall.