Training practical works is changed considerably in two recent decades in medical Sciences and nursing schools and it is inclined to the development of training in clinical skills training and it is required to investigate the effect of these centers on learning of clinical skills by students. The present study investigated the views of students to the benefits of using Clinical Skills Learning Center. In a descriptive-cross section study, 207 nursing students (operation room, midwifery and nursing) of Zahedan were selected as stratified sampling method during academic year 2012-2013. The data collection measure was questionnaire including two parts, first demographic information (gender, age, field and academic level) and second part was dedicated to the benefits of using clinical skill centers with 14 questions. The scoring was based on 5-item Likert scale ranging strongly agree =5 to strongly disagree =1. The content and face validity was supported by the views of experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha 0.79. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and T-test by SPSS 18 software with confidence interval 95%. Based on the results “If reviewing the skill in Clinical Skills Learning Center is with video, brochure and computer, skill learning is easier” (with the highest score of strongly agree=117). But the highest strongly disagree with question “in skills center, the student learns how to manage the patient under critical conditions and learn how to work in real environment” (strongly disagree=47). One-way variance analysis of the respondents in terms of academic field showed that there is difference among the three groups in academic field (nursing, midwifery and operation room) of the students in the benefits of using clinical skill center (α<0.05). Tukey test showed that there is difference in academic field (nursing with midwifery) but there was no difference in academic field of operation room with midwifery. The results of the above study showed that the benefits of using clinical skill center is effective in clinical training and improving it for nursing, midwifery and operation room students and this importance is the requirement of appropriate planning by considering the theoretical knowledge of the students in clinical skill center by the authorities.
