Sim center curriculum 

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Clinical Skills and Simulation Center supports the MD program curriculum through clinical skills teaching and simulations.

Clinical skills teaching using standardized patients

• Communication skills
• Interviewing skills
• Physical exam sessions
• Complex communication sessions
  • Teach back method
  • Breaking bad news
  • The adolescent interview
  • The depressed elder
  • The sexual history 

Simulations in Phase 1

• Utilize high-fidelity simulators
  • SimMan® 3G
  • Standardized patient
  • Hybrid simulation
• Give clinical context to the basic science concepts.
• Integrated scenarios support the curriculum.

Academic support to the MD program curriculum

• Skills refresher course - Phase 2 students who are returning from a LOA
• OSCE remediation
• Boot camp for EM during Transition to Residency - Support to EM rotations in Phase 3

Support MD program clinical skills assessments:

• Phase 1: Principles of Medical Science & Practice 
  • Formative structured clinical exams (12)
  • Summative structured clinical exams (3-station)
• Phase 2: Core Clinical Immersion
  • Formative 6-station OSCE
  • Summative 9-station OSCE 
• Phase 3: Career Differentiation & Exploration
  • Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)
  • 6-patient encounters
  • 4-exercises 

Provide trainings for medical students

• Vaccine administration skills lab
• Basic life support certification using RQI
• Stop the Bleed