Standardized Patient

Overview

The Standardized Patient will play the role of patient for the purposes of training, teaching, and/or testing students.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

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

Maximum Salary

Minimum Salary