A Healthcare Education Hub for New England
The University of New England’s Portland Campus for the Health Sciences is the center of healthcare education in northern New England.
By bringing together future physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, public health experts, and other providers on one campus, UNE fosters an interprofessional learning community. This collaborative environment empowers the next generation of healthcare leaders through teamwork, innovation, and real-world training.
The Portland Campus enables UNE to address critical healthcare disparities across the region by producing health professionals with best-in-class skills — improving patient outcomes through team-based care, building expertise with new and emerging technologies, and expanding our focus on cross-cultural competencies.
The Future of Healthcare is Interprofessional
UNE’s interprofessional healthcare education model places students from different disciplines together to learn with, from, and about each other. You’ll build communication and teamwork skills while developing a better understanding of each profession’s role and expertise.
UNE’s Portland Campus provides interprofessional learning opportunities for these programs:
Opportunities for Interprofessional Collaboration and Service
Through immersive, interprofessional opportunities, you’ll build vital skills in communication, problem-solving, and professional collaboration to strengthen patient care. UNE students can earn an Interprofessional Education Honors Distinction by participating in activities organized by the Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice (CAIEP).
As a student on the Portland Campus for the Health Sciences, you’ll also have the opportunity to participate in community-based service learning events each semester. Our Service Learning Program helps students in every field find partnerships and activities to engage in meaningful and mutually beneficial service activities in various community settings.
Explore Our Facilities
The Portland Campus for the Health Sciences is home of UNE’s Westbrook College of Health Professions, College of Dental Medicine, and College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM). The campus features state-of-the-art learning spaces and laboratories that support education across the health professions.
Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences
The Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences is a brand-new, four-story facility that houses UNE COM and supports all of our health professions programs — offering an ideal learning and community space while furthering our leadership in medical and health professions education. This space is home to hands-on skills labs and a donor lab with 50 dissection tables — the only one of its kind in southern Maine.
Learn more about the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences
Clinical Performance Center
Within the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences, UNE’s Clinical Performance Center (CPC) is a space for interactive clinical skills education, testing, and evaluation. Here, you’ll strengthen your clinical skills in a model outpatient health center while working with Standardized Patients and human models.
Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center
Mirroring a clinical, hospital-like environment, UNE’s Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center (ISIC) is a state-of-the-art, hands-on learning space where you learn by doing. Students from all health professions programs strengthen their skills in patient care in this simulated environment using high- and low-fidelity simulation models as well as human simulation with Standardized Patients.
Oral Health Center
UNE Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) and Dental Hygiene students deliver patient care to members of the community in our on-campus Oral Health Center (OHC). Here, you’ll be supervised by experienced clinical faculty as you provide oral healthcare services to real patients, including cleanings, checkups, fillings, root canals, crowns, veneers, extractions, X-rays, partial dentures, bridges, implants, and other urgent care needs.
Learn more about the OHC and UNE’s College of Dental Medicine
Occupational Therapy Lab
Used by Occupational Therapy students for lectures and hands-on lab sessions, the Occupational Therapy Lab is a dynamic space that features functional fixtures to support occupational engagement across the lifespan. You’ll develop practical skills in realistic environments, including a fully equipped kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.
Learn more about UNE’s Occupational Therapy program and learning spaces
School of Pharmacy Hannaford Practice Lab
UNE Pharmacy students learn real-world community pharmacy operations in the Hannaford Pharmacy Practice Lab, including prescription filling, drug utilization reviews, and patient counseling. This lab partners with Hannaford’s IT team so you can train on real-world prescription processing and operation software.
A Historic Campus for Modern Health Education
The Portland Campus for the Health Sciences provides a quintessential New England quad lined by buildings that have been welcoming students for more than a century. The campus sits in a quiet neighborhood, just a short drive from Portland’s downtown waterfront.
UNE students benefit from this health professions–focused campus through engaging, hands-on learning opportunities, as well as a myriad of graduate-focused student life events and organizations.
Our 41-acre campus also features the UNE Art Gallery and Maine Women Writers Collection.
