ABOUT THE CLINICAL SKILLS CENTER

WELCOME

The Clinical Skills Center (CSC) at Stony Brook University Medical Center is a state-of-the-art training center that can be used as a resource for specialized training of physicians and other healthcare professionals. In the Center, participants evaluate and diagnose patients through teaching modules that incorporate the use of actor patients and computerized mannequins that simulate disease. The CSC provides opportunities for hands on training in a safe environment.

The Center opened in December 2006 and cost approximately 4 million dollar to build. The CSC features include:

  • 6,000 square feet, including exam rooms, computer stations and conference rooms
  • 10 fully equipped exam room with computer stations
  • One simulated Operating Room
  • One simulated Trauma/Emergency Room
  • Audio/visual monitoring for each exam room and Sim Labs (ER/OR).
  • High fidelity computerized mannequins (Laerdal SimMen and SimBaby)
  • Clinical Stations/partial trainers (TraumaMan, Central Line Trainers, IV arms, Arterial arms, Lumbar Puncture backs, Intubating heads, Pediatric Multi Venous IV arm kit, IV torso, Airway Management Trainer, PICC Line Trainer, Foley trainers, Birthing Trainer)
  • The B-Line Medical Skills System and Sim Center System, comprehensive systems used for simultaneous monitoring, testing and assessment, digital A/V Management, and centralized data capture
  • A computer server system that stores 2 to 3 years of videotaped student/patient encounters (server holds up to 4 terabytes of storage)

It provides a range of outcome assessment activities including Objective Standardized Clinical Exercises (OSCE) for medical students, residents, faculty and other healthcare professionals. These include standardized patient encounters, high-fidelity mannequin scenarios, and clinical skills stations. The Clinical Skills Center is fully digitized which allows for the videotaping, video streaming, remote viewing and scoring of such simulated patient encounters.

We presently have more than 150 standardized patients/actors in our bank. These actor/patients come from local community theatre groups as well as members of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). The Center continues to grow and increase the number and types of activities offered.