Job Details
The Standardized Patient will play the role of patient for the purposes of training, teaching, and/or testing students.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Act as a patient in simulated SP student encounters, training sessions, and/or other educational sessions.
- Engage and be cooperative when being interviewed and/or examined by a medical student
Education, Preparation, and Training
- High School Diploma or GED
- Standard patient experience preferred
Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities
- Ability to read and memorize a script
- Ability to accurately portray the patient described in the script
- Ability to assess and evaluate students using a provided evaluation form
Physical Demands
- Extensive time sitting and standing
- Skin contact to areas including (but not limited to) the head, throat, abdomen, chest, back, and extremities may occur as part of the case scenario, training, and/or educational sessions