Saltzburg Clinical Learning and Assessment Center
PCOM

The Dr. Michael and Wendy Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center provides a controlled environment where students develop essential clinical and communication skills. The facility is designed to simulate outpatient and procedural care settings, supporting the transition from classroom learning to clinical practice.

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The center includes a series of private exam rooms where students participate in standardized patient encounters, practice physical examinations, and strengthen their diagnostic and interpersonal techniques. Each room reflects the layout of typical outpatient clinics to help prepare students for real-world clinical settings.

In addition, the center features a surgery suite equipped for procedural training and interprofessional exercises. This space gives students opportunities to gain experience with surgical tools, team-based care, and clinical decision-making in a high-fidelity environment.

Together, these resources support skill development ahead of clinical rotations and other patient-facing experiences. Named for alumnus Michael C. Saltzburg, DO '77, and his wife Wendy, the Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center was funded by significant gifts made by the Saltzburgs as well as generous contributions from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program and other donors.

Wide view of the PCOM Saltzburg Simulation Center's main hallway and front doors

Wide view of the CLAC simulation center surgery room

Students working on simulation surgery table equipment in the Saltzburg CLAC

Closer view of student's hands and instruments during a surgery exercise

Students working together on a simulation surgery table

Wide view of the surgery table and instruments and equipment in the CLAC

Surgery tools laying on a table in the surgery simulation area

Med students perform a surgery learning exercise

A medical student helps a peer put on PPE before a surgery exercise

Wide view of the CLAC's trauma room and simulation mannequins

A corner of the Simulation Center's trauma room and simulation mannequin on a bed

PCOM medical students working with a trauma mannequin in the CLAC

Overhead shot of students working on a high fidelity trauma patient mannequin in PCOM's CLAC

A group of DO students conduct a simulation exercise over a robotic patient mannequin on a hospital bed in the CLAC

Macro shot of a student inserting an IV into a robotic arm practice equipment

Overhead view of PCOM students conducting a training exercise in the trauma room

Wide shot of a hallway in the CLAC as well as students working on a simulation mannequin in a trauma room

Control room within the CLAC with a wide window into a practice room, computer monitors and AV equipment

A PCOM staff member puts on a pair of headphones as she looks at computer monitors and equipment within the Simulation Center's Control Room

Rows of tables and chairs in the CLAC's debriefing room

Two students talking in a hallway in the CLAC. A standardized patient can be seen in the exam room in the background.

PCOM medical students conduct a simulated patient examination with a standardized patient actor in an exam room

A med student talks to a patient actor in an exam room

Macro shot of a student using a stethoscope on a patient mannequin

A med student smiles as she uses simulation equipment on a robotic patient torso

PCOM staff and med students smiling while with surgery simulators in the Sim Center

Med student concentrating as she uses surgery simulation equipment in the PCOM CLAC

Med student smiling as she uses simulation equipment in the CLAC

Saltzburg Clinical Learning and Assessment Center PCOM

Saltzburg Clinical Learning and Assessment Center
PCOM