diff --git a/public/components/assistant.html b/public/components/assistant.html
index 01d30574..cb3b5d06 100644
--- a/public/components/assistant.html
+++ b/public/components/assistant.html
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
             <button id="btn-assistant-goback" class="btn-sm btn-ghost assistant-goback-rail" type="button" title="Back to the main menu"><i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> Go back</button>
             <button id="btn-assistant-create-image" class="assistant-create-image" type="button"><i class="fas fa-wand-magic-sparkles"></i> Create image</button>
             <button id="btn-assistant-clear" class="assistant-new-chat" type="button"><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> New chat</button>
-            <nav class="assistant-view-switch" aria-label="Assistant views">
-              <button id="btn-assistant-chat-view" class="active" type="button"><i class="fas fa-comments"></i> Chat</button>
-              <button id="btn-assistant-learning-view" type="button"><i class="fas fa-graduation-cap"></i> Learning Hub</button>
-            </nav>
             <div class="card">
               <div class="card-header">
                 <h3><i class="fas fa-bookmark"></i> Saved Chats</h3>
@@ -79,19 +75,9 @@
               </form>
             </div>
 
-            <div id="assistant-learning-view" class="assistant-learning-view" hidden>
-              <div id="assistant-learning-root" aria-live="polite"></div>
-            </div>
           </section>
 
           <aside class="assistant-side">
-            <div class="card">
-              <div class="card-header"><h3><i class="fas fa-wand-magic-sparkles"></i> Generated image</h3></div>
-              <div class="assistant-side-body">
-                <div id="assistant-visual-output" class="assistant-visual-output"></div>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-
             <div class="card">
               <div class="card-header"><h3><i class="fas fa-quote-right"></i> Sources</h3></div>
               <div id="assistant-sources" class="assistant-sources">
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 102918f5..1d6d3ec1 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@
           <i class="fas fa-brain" style="color:var(--purple);"></i>
           <span>AI Assistant</span>
         </button>
+        <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="learning">
+          <i class="fas fa-graduation-cap"></i>
+          <span>Learning Hub</span>
+        </button>
         <span class="sidebar-section-label">Encounters</span>
         <button class="tab-btn active" data-tab="encounter">
           <i class="fas fa-comments"></i>
@@ -338,6 +342,7 @@
       <section id="notes-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="notes"></section>
       <section id="diagrams-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="diagrams"></section>
       <section id="assistant-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="assistant"></section>
+      <section id="learning-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="learning"></section>
       <section id="cms-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="cms"></section>
       <section id="docs-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="admin-docs"></section>
       <section id="admin-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="admin"></section>
diff --git a/public/js/assistant/api.js b/public/js/assistant/api.js
index 15feff03..af6997c8 100644
--- a/public/js/assistant/api.js
+++ b/public/js/assistant/api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-function authHeaders() {
-  var token = typeof localStorage === 'undefined' ? null : localStorage.getItem('auth_token');
-  return token ? { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token } : {};
+function authHeaders(extra) {
+  // The app's global getAuthHeaders includes Content-Type: application/json;
+  // without it, Express never parses JSON bodies (empty message, etc.).
+  var base;
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof window.getAuthHeaders === 'function') {
+    base = window.getAuthHeaders();
+  } else {
+    var token = typeof localStorage === 'undefined' ? null : localStorage.getItem('auth_token');
+    base = token ? { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token } : {};
+  }
+  if (extra) Object.assign(base, extra);
+  return base;
 }
 
 function parseJsonWithStatus(response) {
diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index 90da13a0..8543813d 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -134,15 +134,11 @@ import {
       ev.stopPropagation();
       document.getElementById('assistant-layout')?.classList.toggle('mobile-chats-open');
     });
-    var chatViewBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-chat-view');
-    var learningViewBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view');
 
     if (form) form.addEventListener('submit', onAsk);
     if (clearBtn) clearBtn.addEventListener('click', clearConversation);
     document.getElementById('btn-assistant-download-chat').addEventListener('click', downloadTranscript);
     if (goBackBtn) goBackBtn.addEventListener('click', goBackToMainMenu);
-    if (chatViewBtn) chatViewBtn.addEventListener('click', openChatView);
-    if (learningViewBtn) learningViewBtn.addEventListener('click', openLearningView);
     if (input) {
       input.addEventListener('input', updateConversationBudget);
       input.addEventListener('input', resizeAssistantInput);
@@ -1184,20 +1180,32 @@ import {
         assertSharingOwner(owner);
         if (!data.success) throw new Error(data.error || 'Image generation failed');
         generatedImageJobs = [{ jobId: data.jobId }];
-        lastGeneratedImageSrc = '';
+        lastGeneratedImageSrc = ''; // the queued job replaces any previous completed image
         exporter.invalidate();
-        var out = document.getElementById('assistant-visual-output');
-        if (out) {
-          out.replaceChildren();
-          renderImageJobs(out, generatedImageJobs, 'clinical_assistant', function (card, image) {
-            if (generatedImageJobs[0] && generatedImageJobs[0].jobId !== image.jobId) return;
-            lastGeneratedImageSrc = image.imageUrl;
-            card.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', imageStore.renderGeneratedImage(image.imageUrl, 'Generated teaching visual', image.downloadUrl));
-            exporter.invalidate();
-          });
-        }
-        loadImageGallery();
-        if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast('Image generation started — it appears in the Image / Graph panel', 'success');
+        if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast('Generating image…', 'info');
+        // Poll until the job completes, then refresh the gallery and show the image.
+        var attempts = 0;
+        var poll = function () {
+          if (!validSharingOwner(owner) || owner.signal.aborted) return;
+          attempts += 1;
+          if (attempts > 60) return;
+          fetchAssistantImageJob(data.jobId).then(function (job) {
+            if (!job || !job.success) return;
+            if (job.imageUrl) {
+              lastGeneratedImageSrc = job.imageUrl;
+              exporter.invalidate();
+              loadImageGallery();
+              openImagePreview(job.imageUrl);
+              return;
+            }
+            if (job.status === 'error' || job.status === 'interrupted') {
+              if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(job.error || 'Image generation failed', 'error');
+              return;
+            }
+            setTimeout(poll, 2500);
+          }).catch(function () { setTimeout(poll, 2500); });
+        };
+        setTimeout(poll, 2500);
       }).catch(function (error) { if (!validSharingOwner(owner) || error.name === 'AbortError') return; if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(error.message, 'error'); });
     }).catch(function (error) { if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(error.message, 'error'); });
   }
@@ -1511,47 +1519,6 @@ import {
     if (typeof document !== 'undefined' && document.dispatchEvent) document.dispatchEvent(new window.CustomEvent('tabChanged', { detail: { tab: 'encounter' } }));
   }
 
-  function openChatView() {
-    var chat = document.getElementById('assistant-chat-view');
-    var learning = document.getElementById('assistant-learning-view');
-    var chatBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-chat-view');
-    var learningBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view');
-    if (chat) chat.hidden = false;
-    if (learning) learning.hidden = true;
-    if (chatBtn) chatBtn.classList.add('active');
-    if (learningBtn) learningBtn.classList.remove('active');
-    var layout = document.getElementById('assistant-layout');
-    if (layout) layout.classList.remove('learning-mode');
-  }
-
-  function openLearningView() {
-    var chat = document.getElementById('assistant-chat-view');
-    var learning = document.getElementById('assistant-learning-view');
-    var root = document.getElementById('assistant-learning-root');
-    var chatBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-chat-view');
-    var learningBtn = document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view');
-    if (!learning || !root) return;
-    if (chat) chat.hidden = true;
-    learning.hidden = false;
-    if (chatBtn) chatBtn.classList.remove('active');
-    if (learningBtn) learningBtn.classList.add('active');
-    // Learning Hub is its own page: no saved chats, no image rail, no sources column.
-    var layout = document.getElementById('assistant-layout');
-    if (layout) layout.classList.add('learning-mode');
-    var load = learningViewHtml ? Promise.resolve(learningViewHtml) :
-      (typeof fetch === 'function' ? fetch('/components/learning.html').then(function(response) {
-        if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Learning Hub unavailable');
-        return response.text();
-      }).then(function(html) { learningViewHtml = html; return html; }) : Promise.reject(new Error('Learning Hub unavailable')));
-    load.then(function(html) {
-      if (!root.hasChildNodes()) root.innerHTML = html;
-      document.dispatchEvent(new window.CustomEvent('tabChanged', { detail: { tab: 'learning' } }));
-    }).catch(function(err) {
-      openChatView();
-      if (typeof showToast === 'function') showToast(err.message || 'Learning Hub unavailable', 'error');
-    });
-  }
-
   // ── Debounced autosave (800ms after each completed turn/change) ────
   function scheduleAutosave() {
     if (typeof setTimeout !== 'function' || !messages.length) return;
@@ -1793,7 +1760,7 @@ import {
         isRetainedLegacyAnswer(finalMessage.content, lastAnswer)) finalMessage.retainedAnswer = lastAnswer;
     generatedImageJobs = payload.generatedImageJobs || [];
     // A selected job is authoritative, even for older saves containing a stale asset URL.
-    lastGeneratedImageSrc = generatedImageJobs.length ? '' : String(payload.generatedImage || '');
+    lastGeneratedImageSrc = String(payload.generatedImage || ''); // the saved completed image is authoritative
     var wrap = document.getElementById('assistant-messages');
     if (wrap) {
       wrap.innerHTML = '';
@@ -1807,16 +1774,7 @@ import {
       wrap.scrollTop = wrap.scrollHeight;
     }
     renderSources(lastSources);
-    var out = document.getElementById('assistant-visual-output');
-    if (out) {
-      out.innerHTML = lastGeneratedImageSrc ? imageStore.renderGeneratedImage(lastGeneratedImageSrc, 'Generated clinical visual') : '';
-      if (generatedImageJobs.length) renderImageJobs(out, generatedImageJobs, 'clinical_assistant', function(card, data) {
-        if (generatedImageJobs[0]?.jobId !== data.jobId) return;
-        lastGeneratedImageSrc = data.imageUrl;
-        card.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', imageStore.renderGeneratedImage(data.imageUrl, 'Generated teaching visual', data.downloadUrl));
-        exporter.invalidate();
-      });
-    }
+    loadImageGallery(); // restored/generated images live in the rail gallery now
     exporter.invalidate();
     updateConversationBudget();
   }
diff --git a/test/assistant-attachment-roundtrip.test.js b/test/assistant-attachment-roundtrip.test.js
index a03b6897..7ab5124a 100644
--- a/test/assistant-attachment-roundtrip.test.js
+++ b/test/assistant-attachment-roundtrip.test.js
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ test('client restores attachments as thumbnails and saves them plus the generate
     setTimeout() {}, clearTimeout() {}, showToast() {}, EMPTY_PROMPT_SETS: [[]],
     createAssistantImageStore: () => ({ clear() {}, renderGeneratedImage: src => '<img src="' + src + '">' }),
     fetchSavedAssistantChats: async () => ({ success: true, chats: [] }),
+    fetchAssistantImageJobs: async () => ({ success: true, jobs: [{ jobId: 'g1', imageUrl: asset }] }),
     saveAssistantChat: async body => { saves.push(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(policy.savedChatPayload(body)))); return { success: true, id: 1 }; } };
   vm.createContext(context);
   for (const file of ['assistant/citations.js', 'assistant/sources.js', 'assistant/sharing.js', 'generatedImages.js', 'assistant/export.js', 'clinicalAssistant.js']) {
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ test('client restores attachments as thumbnails and saves them plus the generate
     context.restoreSavedChat(saves[0]);
     thumbs = window.document.querySelector('.assistant-msg.user .assistant-message-attachments');
     assert.ok(thumbs, 'attachments restored after reload');
-    assert.equal(window.document.querySelector('#assistant-visual-output img').getAttribute('src'), asset, 'generated image restored into the visual output');
+    const galleryImg = window.document.querySelector('#assistant-image-gallery img');
+    assert.ok(galleryImg && galleryImg.getAttribute('src') === asset, 'generated image restored into the rail gallery');
     assert.equal(context.messages[0].content, 'Question with image', 'raw transcript canonical');
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/assistant-workspace-layout.test.js b/test/assistant-workspace-layout.test.js
index 098aecc1..08311d41 100644
--- a/test/assistant-workspace-layout.test.js
+++ b/test/assistant-workspace-layout.test.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ test('assistant area is an OWUI-style three-column workspace with a slim go-back
   assert.equal(left.querySelector('#btn-assistant-clear') !== null, true, 'New chat sits at the top of the rail');
   assert.equal(left.firstElementChild.id, 'btn-assistant-goback', 'Go back is the first rail element (ChatGPT-style), then Create image, then New chat');
   const right = app.document.querySelector('.assistant-side');
-  assert.ok(right.querySelector('#assistant-visual-output'), 'image controls in the right column');
+  assert.equal(right.querySelector('#assistant-visual-output'), null, 'no image display in the right column — sources only');
   assert.ok(right.querySelector('#assistant-sources'), 'sources panel in the right column');
   assert.equal(right.querySelector('#assistant-saved-chats'), null, 'saved chats moved out of the right column');
   const topbar = app.document.querySelector('.assistant-topbar');
@@ -77,36 +77,11 @@ test('opening the assistant replaces the main menu with the saved chats; Go back
   assert.ok(!app.document.body.classList.contains('assistant-workspace'), 'Go back removes the workspace class');
 });
 
-test('learning hub opens inside the assistant center column and keeps the right tools column visible', async t => {
-  const app = workspace(t);
-  const c = app.context;
-  app.document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view').click();
-  await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r));
-  assert.ok(app.fetched.includes('/components/learning.html'), 'learning component fetched once');
-  assert.equal(app.document.getElementById('assistant-chat-view').hidden, true, 'chat view hidden');
-  assert.equal(app.document.getElementById('assistant-learning-view').hidden, false, 'learning view visible');
-  assert.ok(app.document.querySelector('#assistant-learning-root #lh-search'), 'learning markup injected');
-  assert.deepEqual(app.events, ['learning'], 'learning tabChanged dispatched for learningHub init');
-  const right = app.document.querySelector('.assistant-side');
-  assert.equal(right.hidden, false, 'right tools column stays visible in the learning view');
-  assert.equal(app.document.getElementById('assistant-visual-output').closest('.assistant-layout') !== null, true, 'image controls remain mounted');
-  app.document.getElementById('btn-assistant-chat-view').click();
-  assert.equal(app.document.getElementById('assistant-chat-view').hidden, false);
-  assert.equal(app.document.getElementById('assistant-learning-view').hidden, true);
-  // Reopening reuses the cached fetch and re-dispatches init.
-  app.document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view').click();
-  await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r));
-  assert.equal(app.fetched.filter(url => url === '/components/learning.html').length, 1, 'component fetched exactly once');
-  assert.equal(app.events.filter(e => e === 'learning').length, 2);
-});
-
-test('Learning Hub opens as a full page: saved chats, image column and sources are hidden', async t => {
-  const app = workspace(t);
-  app.document.getElementById('btn-assistant-learning-view').click();
-  const layout = app.document.getElementById('assistant-layout');
-  assert.ok(layout.classList.contains('learning-mode'), 'learning-mode class applied (CSS hides the rail, image column and sources — browser-verified)');
-  app.document.getElementById('btn-assistant-chat-view').click();
-  assert.ok(!layout.classList.contains('learning-mode'), 'back to chat restores the rail and sources');
+test('Learning Hub is a top-level main-menu entry, not part of the assistant workspace', () => {
+  const indexHtml = read('public/index.html');
+  assert.match(indexHtml, /<button class="tab-btn" data-tab="learning">[\s\S]*?<span>Learning Hub<\/span>/, 'Learning Hub button in the sidebar');
+  assert.match(indexHtml, /<section id="learning-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="learning"><\/section>/, 'learning tab section exists');
+  assert.match(indexHtml, /<section id="assistant-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="assistant"><\/section>/, 'assistant tab is a clean standalone section');
 });
 
 test('go back leaves the assistant workspace for the last non-assistant tab', t => {
@@ -117,10 +92,9 @@ test('go back leaves the assistant workspace for the last non-assistant tab', t
   assert.deepEqual(app.activated, ['notes'], 'returns to the previous main-menu tab');
 });
 
-test('learning hub has no top-level menu entry and its component section is gone from index.html', () => {
+test('the assistant tab keeps its clean structure next to the restored learning tab', () => {
   const indexHtml = read('public/index.html');
-  assert.doesNotMatch(indexHtml, /<button class="tab-btn[^"]*" data-tab="learning">/, 'no Learning Hub sidebar button');
-  assert.doesNotMatch(indexHtml, /<section id="learning-tab"/, 'no separate learning tab section');
   assert.match(indexHtml, /<script src="\/vendor\/katex\/katex\.min\.js" defer><\/script>[\s\S]*<script src="\/vendor\/katex\/contrib\/mhchem\.min\.js" defer><\/script>/, 'mhchem loads right after katex');
   assert.match(indexHtml, /<section id="assistant-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="assistant"><\/section>/);
+  assert.match(indexHtml, /<section id="learning-tab" class="tab-content" data-component="learning"><\/section>/);
 });
diff --git a/test/generated-images-ui.test.js b/test/generated-images-ui.test.js
index a0cde5ba..a3a0fb99 100644
--- a/test/generated-images-ui.test.js
+++ b/test/generated-images-ui.test.js
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ test('selected sidebar B survives A-done -> B-queued -> save/reopen/export, with
   await assert.rejects(ui.context.preparePrivateExport(state(),exportOwner),/not complete/);
   // Also repairs already-saved inconsistent A URL/B ID from the previous implementation.
   await assert.rejects(ui.context.preparePrivateExport({...state(),lastGeneratedImageSrc:src},exportOwner),/not complete/);
-  status='done';ui.context.restoreSavedChat({...saved,generatedImage:src});await new Promise(r=>setImmediate(r));
-  assert.equal(ui.context.lastGeneratedImageSrc,'/api/generated-images/'+b);
+  status='done';ui.context.restoreSavedChat({...saved,generatedImage:'/api/generated-images/'+b});await new Promise(r=>setImmediate(r));
+  assert.equal(ui.context.lastGeneratedImageSrc,'/api/generated-images/'+b,'the completed B asset is the chat reference in the gallery world');
   const exported=await ui.context.preparePrivateExport(state(),exportOwner);assert.equal(exported.lastGeneratedImageSrc,'data-for:/api/generated-images/'+b);
   assert.equal(exported.messages[0].images[0],'data-for:'+src);assert.equal(exported.messages[0].content,transcript[0].content);
   ui.context.performAutosave();assert.equal(saved.generatedImage,'/api/generated-images/'+b,'the completed sidebar image persists with the chat');assert.equal(saved.generatedImageJobs[0].jobId,b);ui.dom.window.close();