
The Hirsh Library located on the fourth through seventh floors of the Medical Education Building features quiet floors and collaborative spaces, two computer labs, study rooms, and meeting areas to accommodate a variety of research and academic needs. There are a variety of study and meeting spaces available on the Boston Health Sciences Campus in both the M&V Building at 136 Harrison Avenue and in the Medical Education Building at 145 Harrison Avenue. Tufts is unique in offering state of the art training at a network of simulation centers. Simulation starts with the basics of CPR, advanced life support, with increasing complexity as the student learns to manage complex medical problems. Medical simulation is applicable throughout all four years of medical education, postgraduate residency training, and continuing education.

Each room is fully wired for audio and video, so faculty members are able to watch students' performances from central control rooms and provide post-procedural training in a debriefing session.

In addition to the simulation rooms there are 12 patient exam rooms where students can practice taking medical histories and refine their bedside manner with standardized patient-actors. The mannequins allow students the chance to practice procedures such as putting in a blood line or intubation before trying it on a human patient. Tufts School of Medicine's Clinical Skills and Medical Simulation Center (CSSC) is a 9,000-square-foot training facility that contains three simulation rooms with state-of-the-art computerized mannequins that display symptoms and distress the same way real patients do: dilated pupils, low heart rate, coughing, and sweating. Simulation training is an essential link between medical student training and clinical experience and has proven to be an effective tool for assessing technical skills, critical thinking, and team-orientated behavior throughout medical training. Medical education is increasingly focused on achieving competency in clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning, emphasizing approaches that enhance patient safety and the quality of care. Each room is fully wired for audio and video, so faculty members can watch students’ performances from central control rooms and provide post-procedural training in a debriefing session. In addition to the simulation rooms, there are 12 patient exam rooms where students can practice taking medical histories and refine their bedside manner with standardized patient-actors. The mannequins give students the opportunity to practice procedures such as putting in a blood line or intubation before trying it on a human patient. The School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Simulation Center is a 9,000-square-foot training facility that contains three simulation rooms with advanced computerized mannequins that display symptoms and distress the same way real patients do: dilated pupils, low heart rate, coughing, and sweating. There is also an adjacent Technology Enabled Active Learning classroom, based on a design by MIT, which has room for up to 60 students to work at stations set up for interacting with each other and their instructor. The lab has room for more than 200 students and faculty to work with high-resolution diagnostic imaging and computer screens at each of the 44 dissection tables.


Anatomy Laboratory, which introduces a modern, enlarged space for students to learn essential anatomical training. In December 2017, Tufts School of Medicine opened its doors to the new Michael Jaharis Jr.
