The Prime Minister Julia Gillard opened the new Pharmacy Building and Flinders University’s NT Medical Program Complex at Charles Darwin University on Thursday 9th June. This will form the base from which the Territory will produce its own doctors.
Strategic planning and design was undertaken by Woodhead to achieve a brand new 3200m2 GFA multilevel Medical Science and Pharmaceutical buildings. Facilities include teaching laboratories, classrooms, academic and administration facilities, smart AV and recording technologies.
Every effort was made to ensure that the buildings are energy efficient in their design, construction and ongoing use. The buildings incorporate the best technologies in teaching and curriculum delivery for this unique program, with a strong emphasis on information technology and video conferencing.
The buildings have a definable Territory and Indigenous flavour. All dedicated spaces will flow out onto landscaped courtyards providing access to both indoor and outdoor learning spaces.
CDU Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover said the pharmacy teaching facility would combine with the Flinders and CDU Northern Territory Medical Program to enable students to gain hands on experience in a simulated environment.
“The Pharmacy complex comprises a state-of-the-art pharmacy teaching laboratory together with sample preparation areas, a mock pharmacy from which students can replicate the retail pharmacy component and related infrastructure and administrative support areas,” Professor Glover said.
He said the Northern Territory Medical Program was a great outcome, not only for CDU and Flinders University, but also for the Territory as a whole.
