The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine main campus sits along West Grandview Boulevard in
Erie, Pennsylvania. Grandview Boulevard is appropriately named, because from the LECOM campus you
can see the entire city of Erie; and looking beyond Presque Isle State Park you can see
across Lake Erie and into
southern Ontario, Canada.
This teaching and learning center has grown to provide space
for the increasing class size of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Pharmacy.
A three-story atrium off West Grandview Boulevard invites visitors into the greeting area.
This entranceway leads to the campus bookstore, which serves LECOM students and the Erie medical
community. The Learning Resource Center and library are on this entrance level.
Campus meets the learning needs of LECOM StudentsThe college has four
fully equipped lecture halls. Each of the two larger amphitheater style classrooms seats more than
250 students, while two smaller lecture halls, used by the School of Pharmacy, can handle up to 150
students each. All lecture halls have ‘smart classroom’ equipment with wireless and
wired computer network connections for student laptops. Classrooms offer multi-media presentations
– DVD, VCR, slide and computer presentations and in the larger lecture halls, instructors
control and illustrate their presentations from a computer tablet at the lectern.
LECOM
basic science professors can demonstrate cell biology and microbiology in a laboratory equipped
with television monitors attached to microscopes. Each student has access to individual
microscopes as they learn clinical laboratory procedures.
The study of the body is an
important part of becoming a competent health care provider. LECOM teaches gross anatomy in a
climate-controlled lab. A modern Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine training lab includes video
monitors so students can see close-up demonstrations of OMM techniques.
The campus
includes a student lounge/cafeteria and a fitness center. LECOM is opening a medically integrated,
health and wellness center just a short distance from the Erie campus where students can experience
and learn about he “medical fitness difference” that is based upon a number of factors
which positively impact patients.
A professional food service staff provides breakfast
and lunch at the student lounge. The staff also caters special events for the College. Students
use the lounge for both individual and group study and the area serves as a multi-purpose room for
student club activities.
The Community is Our
CampusThe West Grandview Boulevard building is just part of the LECOM Campus which
extends to affiliated teaching hospitals and clinics in Erie. Founded by Millcreek Community
Hospital, LECOM is the only private college of osteopathic medicine with it's own teaching hospital
and as part of Millcreek Health System, the college uses the facilities of the Millcreek Geriatric
Education and Care Center and the clinical offices of Medical Associates of Erie.
LECOM
has added a new bayfront campus. The college purchased a former corporate office building located
alongside Presque Isle Bay. LECOM will use the bayfront campus for the Master of Education in
Medical Education and the proposed Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences. The Lake Erie
Consortium for Osteopathic Medical Training, LECOM's post-graduate training program will have
offices at the new campus building.
The College is currently constructing the LECOM
Medically Integrated Health and Wellness Center next to Millcreek Community Hospital. The College
is investing $31 million in a facility that brings medical care together with fitness by teaming
LECOM with Millcreek Community Hospital and Medical Associates of Erie to make a medical fitness
difference in local health care.
LECOM has opened a clinical education center as part of
Plaza 18 one of the MAE clinics. LECOM expanded and equipped patient rooms as physical exam
training stations for LECOM medical students. Meeting standardized patients, students learn how to
employ the clinical examination and communications skills they will need to confidently serve as
partners with their patients on the pathway to health and well-being. The Plaza 18 Clinical
Education Center houses SimMan. This is an advanced patient simulator with realistic anatomy and
clinical functionality. SimMan provides simulation-based education to challenge and test
students’ clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient care scenarios.
In addition to the main campus building on West Grandview Blvd., LECOM has two smaller
buildings known as the White House and the Red House for their distinctive styles and colors. The
College uses these buildings for offices and visiting faculty housing.
Directions to the LECOM Erie Campus: Click Here