Medical Education
Medical Education

Welcome to the Integrated Learning Center

A faculty members monitors the ILC learning spaces on video screens in front of her and through headphones she is wearing

The Integrated Learning Center (ILC) uniquely supports the School of Medicine’s emphasis on a patient-centered, competence-based curriculum.

ILC Learning Spaces

Encompassing both a clinical skills center and multidisciplinary teaching laboratory/seminar rooms the ILC features:

Ten Patient Examination Rooms

Examination rooms mirror those of real-world physicians. Students learn and practice clinical skills in a safe environment, where their clinical skills can be evaluated according to standardized methodologies and criteria. In these exam rooms, students encounter numerous Standardized Patients (SPs) who are trained to interact with them and evaluate their clinical and communications skills.

A student interacts with a standardized patient in a simulated exam room

Nine Multidisciplinary Laboratory/Seminar Rooms

These rooms provide a venue to teach laboratory sciences such as histology, microbiology and pathology in an updated clinical context. Small groups of students are able to watch a faculty member examine a patient via digital audio feed to each of the seminar rooms with clinical preceptors present.

Multifunctional Conference Room

The conference room has state-of-the-art televideo capabilities and LCD projection. With a capacity for 25 individuals, the it serves as small group meeting space and an orientation/training site for students, faculty and SPs.

What is a Standardized Patient?

Standardized patients are individuals who are trained to replicate a clinical encounter consistently and realistically and evaluate students’ skills in a variety of areas such as physical exam skills, history taking skills, and communication skills.

 
Standardized Patient Intake Form

Interested in becoming an SP? Please fill out the Standardized Patient Intake Form .