The Clinical Skills Center (CSC) is located in the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at Morehouse School of Medicine.  CSC is designed to demonstrate, teach, learn, and practicie a variety of clinical skills to medical students. The six procedure rooms and six examination rooms are set up similar to rooms for outpatient evaluation with examination tables and instruments. CSC rooms are different from clinic rooms in that they are equipped with hidden video cameras and intercom systems to monitor the student's assessment of Standardized Patients. Each room has two cameras so activities in the rooms can be monitored from an external room and taped for review later.

A variety of cases is designed to represent different patient assessment scenarios. Students may play back the tapes and self-review their patient interaction and examination questionnaire. The Clinical Skills Center is useful for beginning as well as advanced trainees and suitable for experienced physicians and health-care providers to learn new skills.

A modern technology monitoring room is equipped with 12 monitors for faculty to view and evaluate student encounters. The master control monitoring station is equipped with visual and audio communication dedicated to each room and is capable of communicating with standardized patients and students simultaneously. The master control monitor also has a built-in LCD projector to use during teaching presentations.

Clinical Skills Center Services:

• AV equipment
• Standardized Patient recruitment, training, and scheduling
• Patient case scenario development
• Statistical evaluation and grading tools
• Preceptors stationed at the monitors observe and listen to the student's interviewing skills and provide feedback. 
• A set of headphones is attached to each of the 12 monitors that display the exam rooms shown on the master control monitoring station.
• The Harvey Room and two large procedure rooms are equipped with simulators and other teaching devices. Simulators allow students to practice and learn more difficult techniques before administering them on real patients.
• Standardized Patients (SPs) are oriented and trained by the CSC director on specific cases prior to student training sessions.