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earning By Kevin McKeough curriculum to life for students, notes that the college's decades-old building is ready for a rehab of everything from the heating system to available electrical outlets. "Like a lot of schools, we're working in an environment that was built long before most students came to class with a laptop or an iPad," she says. "We're going to have a facility where they can all easily power up." "Future generations of UIC medical students will be able to learn in classrooms that are more reflective of the caliber of the medical education that already takes place here," says Brian Bamberger, a third-year MD/MPH student and president of the Chicago Medical Student Council. "Once these classrooms are updated with the latest tech- nology and are able to support the latest best practices in medical education, I am confident that students will not only be happier with their time at UIC, but will do better and achieve greater things." In addition to enhancing classroom learning, the creation of new study space will address another key student concern, since the main available study space is the Edelstone Lounge, located in the building's basement. "They need to be able to look out the windows and be in a study space, a relaxation space that is conducive to their education," Kashima says. The renovations also will enhance the college's student recruitment efforts. "We work in a very competitive environment. The days of thinking we can just make an of- fer to someone and they'll accept it are gone," Girotti says. Weiner observes that by creating the improved facili- ties needed to provide better education, the college in the end will graduate better-prepared doctors. "Ultimately, these changes are part of improving the kind of physicians and the care that people receive." "Ultimately, these changes are part of improving the kind of physicians and the care that people receive." – SAUL WEINER senior associate dean for educational affairs For more information on how you can help transform medical education, please call Elizabeth Skinner at (312) 996-1511 or email Give2Med@uic.edu. ILLINOIS MEDICINE | 21