The Weston Education Centre is located in Denmark Hill, South London. It is a purpose built teaching centre with lecture theatres, classrooms, meeting space, and a library. The library holds approximately 15000 books and other materials. Over 500 print journals are subscribed to, with a further 7000 electronic titles available via the internet.
The library has a special focus on the field of medicine, with materials on such topics as gastroenterology, liver disease, diabetes, obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics, the history of medicine, palliative care, public health, health care policy, and medical audit utilized by researchers and instructions at Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at King's College London, King's College Hospital NHS Trust and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.
The centre is five minutes walk from Denmark Hill railway station.
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