Facilities
Harold Alfond Center for Health Sciences
Clinical Performance Center
The center has a well-established Standardized Patient Program and a new Patient Simulator Program.
The CPC is designed and furnished in the model of an outpatient health center, with eight regular "exam rooms" and two additional dual-purpose examination and clinical simulation rooms. The exam rooms have ceiling cameras and microphones that can transmit audiovisual information about a student-standarized patient encounter to a large centralized monitoring and recording room for interactive evaluation purposes. The standardized patients are trained to role- play clinical case scenarios and to provide constructive feedback to students after their encounters.
The robotic patient simulators also provide learning opportunities in clinical scenarios that are frequently of a more critical or emergency nature. More information.
Pickus Center for Biomedical Research
Stella Maris Hall
Stella Maris Hall houses COM's Office of the Deans, faculty and administrative offices and a number of faculty research laboratories.
University Health Care
University Health Care provides distinctive osteopathic services to the communities of southern Maine and serves as a learning laboratory for university students in the health professions. More information.
Student Health Care
The Student Health Care at the Sanford F. Petts Health Center on the Biddeford Campus and at Ginn Hall on the Portland Campus provides health care services to the University's students. More information.
University of New England Libraries
The Jack S. Ketchum Library on the Biddeford Campus and the Josephine S. Abplanalp ’45 Library on the Portland Campus provide all UNE students, faculty and staff with these services:
- Library Services homepage
- Web access databases
- ebooks, ejournals, enewspapers, eforms
- Public access computers
- Data jacks and wireless access for laptops
- Remote access to all electronic resources and online catalog
- Over 150,000 volumes
- Over 45,000 print and electronic full text journal titles
- Over 6,000 electronic books
- Over 150 databases covering all subject areas in the curriculum
- DVDs, videos, compact discs and CD-ROMs
- Reference, research, and literature search assistance
- Individual and course-related library research instruction
- Circulation and reserves
- Interlibrary loan and intercampus delivery
- MaineCat and WorldCat
- GPACU libraries on-site borrowing
- Photocopiers and microfilm reader/printers
- Group and individual study space
- A current UNE ID also serves as a UNE Library Services ID
UNE Library Services Major Guide for Medicine is designed to help COM students find appropriate and important resources within the field of Medicine. The Guide for Medicine can be accessed at the following URL http://www.une.edu/library/mguide/medicine.cfm and include popular databases such as UpToDate, Medical Letter, MD Consult and Anatomy.tv.
For Students not on campus, there is an "Ask a Librarian" service that is staffed 8am to 7pm during the week and on weekends to answer any library related inquiries or request.
Information Technology Services
Information Technology Services (ITS): provides support for the entire University community including academic and administrative computing needs. Information Technology Service provides both resident and commuting students with a variety of technology tools to aid in the learning experience. These services include:
- High-speed Internet access available to each resident room.
- Student computer labs equipped with Microsoft Office and high speed printers.
- The Computer Store, where students can purchase a variety of consumables including CD media, disk keys, and cables.
- The ITS Helpdesks can be contacted at 207-602-2200 or X 2200 to assist in basic troubleshooting of computer and software issues.
- ITS Hours M/F 7:30am - 7pm for walk-in service and a 24/7 toll free phone number is 877-518-4673.
- myUNE (Google Apps), is used for faculty and student communications (e-mail, clubs, groups, classes, message boards, calendars, etc.).
- U-Online for registration and transcript information.
- Blackboard.une.edu for online instruction.
- WebHelpDesk for online support
Blackboard is used in COM to provide access to all course material from both on and off campus sites. The system provides online access to lecture powerpoints, handouts, key drug lists, disease indexes, quizzes and communication through e-mail and announcements. In addition, the COM has an Academic IT Office located in Alfond 129 and is staffed by a Technology Integration Manager/Consultant. The office directly supports all technology within the college and is available to assist students, staff and faculty with blackboard training and troubleshooting. The office is open from 7:30am until 4:30pm and the phone number is 602-2335.
Campus Center
The Campus Center serves both as a fitness facility and a student union with extensive hours. The fitness center itself houses weight machines and free weights and cardiovascular equipment including stair steppers, elipical machines, exercise bikes, rowing machines and Nordic tracks. Other fitness facilities inlcude a 6-lane, 25-yard swimming pool; hydro-spa; saunas; indoor track; racquetball court, and 12,000 square feet of gymnasium space. A number of health and fitness programs are offered, as well as an extensive campus-wide intramurals program for both medical and undergraduate students. The Campus Bookstore, The Hang snack bar and multipurpose rooms and art gallery space are located in the Campus Center as well. Outdoor facilities offer jogging and cross country trails, and outdoor volleyball and basketball courts. More information.
The Community
Biddeford is a small city with a population of about 23,000 and Saco with a population of about 17,000 sits across the river. Although originally settled a few hundred years ago, the cities really developed as major textile center in the 1800s; most of the original textile mills have since been converted to residential, professional, commercial and light industrial use. The section of town where the University is located is about four miles from the two downtowns were the Saco River meets the ocean in an area known as Hills Beach. This seaside area is commercially undeveloped and is primarily a summer cottage and residential area. Neighboring towns include Old Orchard Beach, Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells.
Portland, the largest city in Maine, is a 25-minute drive north from Biddeford. This growing metro area is justifiably proud of its fine symphony orchestra, active theater groups, concert halls and other live music venues, museums and many other arts organizations. There is an abundance of one-of-a-kind restaurants - more per capita than almost any city in the country - and countless shops in the downtown area. Portland is home to two minor-league sports teams: the Portland Seadogs are affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and the Portland Pirates play hockey at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
For individual athletic pursuits, there are opportunities in southern Maine for canoe and kayaking, mountain and road biking, hiking and camping, Nordic and alpine skiing, snowshoeing, bird watching, and fishing and hunting. Somtimes just spending time on the beaches is enough to please visitors and residents alike. The campus is only an hour's drive from the mountains and minutes from numerous rivers.
Located off exit 32 of the Maine Turnpike (Route I-95), Biddeford is within easy reach of most major eastern cities. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a 40-minute drive from campus, affords the curious an opportunity for exposure to a seaport steeped in North American history. In addition, the historical and cultural riches of Boston are a 90-minute drive from the campus.