PCS Spark is used in both preclinical and clinical medical school courses
Clinical Skills Introduction (CS)
Designed to teach students the foundational skills needed for patient care, to confidently listen to patients, guide their storytelling, and perform physical exams while understanding their importance.
Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM)
Basic patient care skills, including history taking, physical examination, and communication.
Doctoring Courses
Training in ethics, professionalism, and the doctor-patient relationship.
Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
Case-based learning that integrates basic and clinical sciences.
Clinical Rotations
Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine.
Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)
Assessments designed to evaluate a student’s clinical skills, including their ability to interact with patients, take medical histories, perform physical exams, and make clinical decisions.
Medical Students can communicate naturally with their digital patient thanks to the bespoke large language model that understands what they say and replies just as a real patient would.
Medical students can practice any aspect of the clinical interview during a Spark simulation.
Evaluate a patient’s physical condition from head to toe with an interactive physical exam.
Administer medication and develop a treatment and management plan.
Request labs, imaging, and additional tests to reach a diagnosis.
Document findings using the built-in SOAP note.
Practice procedural skills, coupled with providing counselling to the patient pre-op and post-op.
Procedural skills include:
Endotracheal Intubation (EI)
Ultrasound-guided central line (c-line)
Arterial line (art-line)
Thoracentesis (pleural tap)
Paracentesis (abdominal tap)
The Spark Equation for Medical Education
Patient Assessment (History Gathering + Physical Exam)
Patient Management (Consult + Diagnose & Treat)
Documentation (SOAP)
Comprehensive Simulation, Learner Experience & Evaluation
TeamSpace
With TeamSpace learners can collaborate on a single patient encounter from across the globe. Discuss treatment options over audio or text chat from within TeamSpace to decide on a course of action. Review physical exam findings, lab results, and patient responses together.
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