Gordon E. Inman Center
The Inman Center is equipped with state-of-the-art labs featuring human patient simulators, bedside computer charting, electronic supply scanning and static mannequins. The labs are designed to reproduce realistic practice settings, including the basic hospital unit, critical care, surgical suite and diagnostic labs, among others. All lab spaces are also outfitted with tables and chairs for reflective thinking exercises that allow students time to review their decisions and actions with the instructor and their classmates.
Inman Center First Floor
The first floor features our Health and Wellness PT/OT lab used for teaching and research, the Margaret Lindsley Warden lab featuring patient stations with programmable mannequins and the Centennial Nursing lab designed to represent an adult health inpatient unit.
This state-of-the-art facility is a fully equipped clinic for occupational and physical therapy. The lab includes:
- InBody Bioelectrical Impedance Body Composition Analysis
- Trazer technology to track and optimize movement
- Equipment to assess balance and fall-risk reduction
- Biodex Isokinetic dynamometer to measure muscle function
- Leg press instrumented to measure force reduction and motor control skills
- Treadmills and metabolic cart to perform exercise testing
- Virtual reality games to assess function
Inman Lab 130 is used for more advanced skill training and simulation. There are eight beds in a “ward” like fashion and eight Laerdal™ SimPad patient simulators. There is a pyxis medication administration console, Alaris™ IV pumps at each bed station, functional headwalls and Ipad Patient monitors at the head of each bed. The Center of the room has sixteen student seats for debriefing, demonstration a projector, computer and speakers for presentation of materials. Students in this lab learn skills such as tracheostomy care and suctioning, intravenous medication administration and central line dressing care.
Inman Lab 132 is almost identical to lab 130 in its configuration. Students in this lab learn beginning nursing skills such as bed making, sterile technique including urinary catheter insertion, safe medication administration and communication. There are 8 bed stations with five Sim Pad Capable Laerdal™ simulators and the remaining three are Low fidelity full body task trainers. Each bed space has Hill Rom Beds, functioning headwalls and Alaris™ IV pumps. There is a Pyxis Medication Administration for teaching safe medication administration. The center of the room has sixteen student seats for debriefing and demostration and a projector, computer and speakers for presentation of materials.
Inman Center Second Floor
The second floor features one of the Human Performance labs used for PT and OT hands-on practice, the Activities of Daily Living lab with a fully-equipped simulation apartment that allows students to evaluate home activities and the Pediatric Therapy lab which contains an extensive array of pediatric evaluation and intervention applications that reflect best practice in OT.
An Activities of Daily Living Lab (ADL) is an embedded apartment in Inman which allows students to observe home activities and evaluate patient safety in a home setting.
The Daily Living lab features 2 kitchens and bathrooms, a bedroom, living room and dining areas.
Inman Lab 232 is the most heavily used simulation space; where the high-fidelity simulations occur. The space is a high-fidelity lab; there are two Laerdal™ Essential Patient simulators, two Laerdal™ 3G patient simulators and two Laerdal™ ALS patient simulators and one Laerdal™ ™ SimPad capable patient simulator. Within this space there is the capability to video tape the simulations for live-feed observation or taping for later viewing and reflection; using VALT ™ software from Intelligent Video Solutions. Each bed space also has functional headwall, touch screen patient monitors, Alaris™ IV pumps and Hill Rom Beds. The Center of the room has sixteen student seats for debriefing and a projector, computer and speakers for presentation of materials. There is an associated control room where the patient simulators and video are controlled.
Inman Center Third Floor
The third floor features one of the Human Performance labs where musculoskeletal assessment and treatment skills are taught, the Summit Health Assessment lab with a patient examination space, the J.D. Elliot Pediatric and Maternal Nursing lab with six patient stations and mom, child and infant mannequins, the Media Tech lab used to conduct activity analyses and the Technology and Environmental Support lab featuring assistive technologies.
Inman Lab 311 was originally the Pediatric and Obstetrical when the Inman Building was completed in 2006; in 2015 we converted this space to an eight-bed health assessment space where both graduate and undergraduate students complete the laboratory portion of their health assessment courses. There are eight exam tables with privacy curtains and otoscopes and ophthalmoscopes at the head of each bay. The center of the room has sixteen student seats for debriefing and a projector, computer and speakers for the presentation of materials. In 2021 video capabilities were added so that students and faculty can record health assessment practicals and can view video for self-reflection and faculty feedback.
Inman Lab 332 is a four-bed obstetrical-pediatric simulation suite. The OB-Peds space consists of four individual patient rooms that also has video capability. There are two Laerdal™ SimMoms, two SimJr, two SimBabies, a SimNewB, a Gaumard™ Tory and several other SimPad capable pediatric mannequins. In addition, there is a control room that holds the Walt video and instructor computers.
McWhorter Hall
McWhorter Hall, a space spanning 90,000 square feet, houses was named in honor of Belmont Trustee Emeritus and Chairman of Clayton Associates, the late Clayton McWhorter, and his brother, the late pharmacist Fred McWhorter. McWhorter Hall offers a number of chemistry and research labs, a working retail pharmacy, Drug Information Center, simulation teaching labs and so much more. These facilities are dedicated student space and work to build a bridge between classroom learning and real-life pharmacy practice experience.
McWhorter Hall First & Second Floors
The first and second floors of McWhorter Hall are home to state-of-the-art medical simulation spaces, a drug information center, Belmont’s Health Services clinic and a licensed, state-of-the-art pharmacy, both of which serve students, faculty and staff.
Belmont University is one of the few pharmacy schools that operates a retail pharmacy on campus. The pharmacy provides a working model to teach PharmD students proper methods and techniques of running a pharmacy business and features the latest robotic and internet technologies.
Serving Belmont students, faculty and staff, the full service pharmacy works together with student health services, located next door, to model a managed care environment for the University, a self insured institution.
The Christy Houston Foundation Drug Information Center supports the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences and the Gordon E. Inman College of Nursing faculty and staff in their educational efforts and trains students in medication information management. Resources include selected periodicals, reference texts and access to electronic databases as well as online access to the Lila D. Bunch Library.
Mission
- Provide accurate and unbiased responses to drug and medical inquiries
- House and maintain print and electronic medical resources relevant to healthcare professionals, students and faculty
- Promote the development of teaching and scholarly activities through resource access and serving as an academic rotation site for post-graduate programs
- Explore opportunities to partner with institutions and organizations to provide literature evaluation and drug information services
The center currently accepts drug information inquiries from healthcare professionals within the following areas:
- Drug Identification
- Availability
- Teratogenicity/Breast Feeding
- Compatibility/Stability
- Therapeutics
- Dosage Administration
- Pharmacology/Pharmaceuticals
- Drug-Drug Interaction
- Adverse Effect
- Drug Screening
- General Information
- Reference Material/Literature Search
Location and Contact Information
McWhorter Hall Room 213
Phone: (615) 460-8382
Email: druginfo@belmont.edu
Library Resources
McWhorter Lab 209 is the Interprofessional space in McWhorter Hall which is adjacent to Inman. There are four patient rooms that are versatile in their use and configuration. The center of the space is a control room where faculty can control both the VALT™ video and associated patient simulators.
Wondering how future therapists investigate the underlying mechanisms that support movement necessary for participation in daily life? The Human Performance Lab teaches students how the body reacts to stimuli and how diseases affect cells, tissues and organ systems.
One lab is focused on the study of cardiopulmonary disorders and the manual therapy used for rehabilitation, and the other is focused on diagnosis and treatment of musculosketal impairments including fractures, sports injuries, arthritis, sprains, strains, back and neck pain and more.
McWhorter Hall Third Floor
The third floor of McWhorter Hall is home to top-notch laboratories for transformational research. As a PharmD student at Belmont, you have the opportunity to get involved with faculty research. A wide variety of studies have been conducted within these on-site laboratories including providing safer and better pharmaceuticals, exploring treatment approaches for central nervous system diseases, human cell malformations and cancers, improving therapies for the eye and product formulation and more.
Wondering how future therapists investigate the underlying mechanisms that support movement necessary for participation in daily life? The Human Performance Lab teaches students how the body reacts to stimuli and how diseases affect cells, tissues and organ systems.
One lab is focused on the study of cardiopulmonary disorders and the manual therapy used for rehabilitation, and the other is focused on diagnosis and treatment of musculosketal impairments including fractures, sports injuries, arthritis, sprains, strains, back and neck pain and more.
McWhorter Hall Fourth Floor
The fourth floor of McWhorter Hall is used for Pharmacy conferences and meetings, including our Annual Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium. It also includes the Gross Motor Skills lab where students learn to assess and treat patients with neurologic diagnoses and mobility challenges, the Motion Analysis lab complete with an 8 camera motion capture system and in-floor force plate and the Multi-Media Debriefing room specifically designed to debrief and view ongoing simulations.
This facility is configured to allow students to explore rehabilitation methods for adults and children with neurological disorders including:
- Impairments of vision, balance
- Ambulation
- Activities of daily living
- Movement
- Muscle strength
- Loss of functional independence
Students learn how to treat patients who have experienced central nervous system pathologies (stroke, traumatic brain injury), spinal cord injury, amputation, chronic conditions and more.
Students develop functional activities used to motivate patients to work on strength, posture, balance, gait and problem-solving during activities of daily living.
The lab includes:
- Mat tables used to simulate household furniture
- Crutches, walkers, canes and wheelchairs to assist patients with movement in their own environment
- Exercise equipment—benches, free weights, cuff weights, pulley weights and theraband
- Orthoses and prostheses to gain understanding of their function and appropriate use
Students become versatile in helping children, teenagers, adults and seniors recover their movement abilities.
The media technology laboratory introduces future therapists to the tools used in making environmental modifications for patient care. The lab features the latest adaptive technologies, power and manual wheelchairs and positioning devices, splinting and casting tools, sewing machines and craft supplies.
The debriefing space is outfitted with two large screen monitors and 8 sets of head-phones that can be linked to the monitors. Students can view simulations from any VALT video capable spaces on campus. In addition, there is a white board for student collaborative work.
Anatomy Lab
This lab is a 12 bay human cadaver lab with state-of-the art-technology for dissecting and projection to large screens.
Contact Us
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: (615) 460-6748