This posting is currently recruiting applicants for the case portrayal range of 18 years of age to 25 years of age. This is an on-call position and not benefits eligible.
A Standardized Patient (SP) is an individual from the community who is trained to portray a simulated patient case in a standardized manner. Requirements for this on-call position include the capacity for standardizing with other SPs who are cast in the same simulated patient case. These cases are used to teach and test clinical students’ patient care and communication skills. Therefore, to be standardized, SPs must have matching physical attributes for the available roles.
The capacity for standardization may be limited by certain physical characteristics or medical conditions such as surgical scars, tattoos, prosthetic limbs, muscle weakness, hearing loss, etc. SPs must be able to step up and down from an examination table, quickly change clothes, in and out of a gown, and perform physical tasks, which require full range of motion of limbs, such as raising arms overhead. SPs are required to provide ethnicity, age, gender and medical history in order to be cast in cases in a standardized manner.
Under training and close supervision in a clinical educational setting, an SP has to consistently and accurately portray specific emotions, behaviors, and physical disease symptoms while interacting with students in the health care field during simulated patient encounters designed to enable student experiential learning and/or assessment of student skills. Works varied hours on an on-call basis, as needed. Other skills required include being detail-oriented, having an excellent memory and having good communication skills.
Applicants should:
This is an ongoing recruitment and this posting will be removed when applications are no longer being accepted.
See the Position Description for additional information.
Less than high school; no previous experience required.
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
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