heart attack. stomach pain that s actually pan create title. reporter: all fourth year students test their clinical schools in this simulation program. it s a safe practice environment offering real-life doctor/patient interaction much different from textbooks or the classroom setting. in here you re really flying solo. usually in medical school you re doing everything with a team, so you always have someone to back you up. what you read in a book is always so different from how someone presents to you in real life. it feels like you re in a real patient encounter, it s that stressful. reporter: the sessions are videotaped so there s instant feededback from the faculty. we re observing to see how students interact, what are they asking in terms of the history questions, what are they doing on physical exam? we just want to make sure our students are taking the right approach to the patient overall. reporter: the actors also get to grade these med students who are often ne