The Clinical Simulation and Skills Unit has well-trained technical and educational staff who assist with planning, developing, setting up, running scenarios and facilitation of debriefing.

The unit is designed to handle various assessment options, such as long and short cases on simulated patients, human patient simulators, and part-task trainers, as well as performance-based assessments such as OSCE assessments.

The unit is located in the Francois Retief Building, UFS, Block A, Room 200. Housed in the School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, the unit was officially opened on 21 February 2013 by Prof Gert van Zyl, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
The main focus areas are:
- Undergraduate students in the pre-clinical and clinical years of the MBChB curriculum, as well as for
- Postgraduate interns and registrars.