Practice on your terms, build real confidence
For clinicians & providers who need results they can measure.
You know the conversations that keep you up at night — goals of care, breaking bad news, difficult disclosures. You've seen colleagues struggle with them. You've struggled yourself. But when did you last get to practice? Whether you're a physician, nurse practitioner, or PA, ClinicalSim gives you unlimited, private, voice-based practice with AI patients — on your schedule, from your phone, with no one watching until you're ready.
What's at stake
High stakes, minimal preparation
The average resident receives fewer than two hours of formal communication training across their entire residency — and NP and PA programs rarely include dedicated communication simulation either. Yet these conversations determine patient outcomes, family satisfaction, and your own professional confidence.
No safe space to practice
Traditional simulation requires scheduling, observers, and performance pressure. Many clinicians avoid it entirely. You need a way to practice that feels safe enough to make mistakes and learn from them.
Confidence affects everything
Fewer than half of residents report confidence in goals-of-care conversations — and the gap persists across all provider types. That discomfort leads to avoidance — conversations that don't happen, screenings that get skipped, diagnoses that go undelivered.
Skills atrophy without reinforcement
Even when you do get training, skills fade without regular practice. Real end-of-life conversations are rare enough that you can't build proficiency through clinical experience alone.
The numbers
of residents report confidence in goals-of-care conversations
Medical education literature
of formal communication training in most residency programs
Medical education surveys
on-demand access from any device — no scheduling required
of patients had wishes followed after providers received ACP training
Detering et al., BMJ, 2010
How ClinicalSim helps
Voice-Based, Not Chat
Practice real-time spoken conversations with AI patients — because the real thing isn't typed. Goals of care, diagnosis disclosure, family meetings — all through natural voice dialogue.
Practice Without Pressure
No scheduling, no observers, no performance anxiety. Practice on your own time, make mistakes privately, and build confidence before the real conversation happens.
Structured Feedback That Helps
Get automated assessment using validated frameworks — ACGME milestones, Calgary-Cambridge — with specific, actionable feedback on empathy, language, and information delivery.
Build Skills That Stick
Unlimited repetitions means you can practice the exact conversation you're preparing for — not a one-time workshop you'll forget in a month.
Bill the Conversations You Practice
Physicians, NPs, and PAs can all bill for advance care planning (CPT 99497/98), cognitive assessments (CPT 99483), and other reimbursable conversations. ClinicalSim prepares you to initiate, navigate, and document these conversations confidently — regardless of your credential.
Clinical solutions
Explore the specific conversations ClinicalSim trains — each with dedicated billing codes and proven outcomes.
Goals of Care
Communication failures drive 66% of sentinel events. Structured serious illness conversations reduce ICU costs by thousands per patient.
average savings per admission with palliative care consultation
Advance Care Planning
Most patients never have an advance care planning conversation with their provider — even though Medicare created dedicated billing codes to make it happen. The bottleneck is training.
Medicare reimbursement per ACP conversation (CPT 99497)
Cognitive Assessments
Over half of cognitive impairment cases in primary care go undiagnosed — even though Medicare reimburses comprehensive cognitive assessment. The gap is provider confidence.
Medicare reimbursement for cognitive assessment and care planning (CPT 99483)
Menopause Care
Over 50 million American women in perimenopause or menopause — and fewer than 1% of providers are certified to help them. The gap is training.
projected menopause market opportunity
Related Insights
Breaking Bad News: The Skill No One Teaches
Breaking bad news is a core clinical skill — yet most clinicians have never practiced it before doing it for real.
End-of-Life Conversations: Practice Makes Progress
EOL conversations are low-frequency, high-stakes events. Traditional training models cant provide the practice clinicians need.
What Medical Learners Actually Want from AI Standardized Patients
New CHI 2026 research reveals six key requirements for AI-SP design—straight from the medical students who would use them.