Patient Actor- Simulation Center

Job description

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITY: A Patient Actor or Standardized Patient (SP) is a person who has been coached to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient at a particular point in time. SPs are interviewed and examined by both male and female healthcare learners and may be audio or videotaped during simulation. SPs will be t rained by an assigned educator for a given case on standardized role portrayal and scoring in order to each learner with a similar experience for practice and assessment . During teaching or assessment activities SPs should expect that the learner may interview, counsel, and/or perform noninvasive physical exams. These simulated patient encounters are designed to enable experient ial learning by offering learners the opportunity to develop, practice and enhance their medical interviewing skills, communication skills, and physical exam techniques . SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: M emorize a case script detailing specific emotions, behaviors, and disease signs/symptoms for presentation during simulated learning situations Present case information in a standardized manner...