A group of workers at Thomas Jefferson University who are paid to simulate patients for medical students celebrated a victory earlier this year when they won a union election. But six months later, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Through VCU’s Standardized Patient Program, actors find themselves on an uncommon stage and medical students find themselves practicing to perform difficult conversations. It ...

The Office of Standardized Patient Education (OSPE) is part of the Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation (CIPES). The primary goal of OSPE is to enhance clinical skill acquisition and ...

GRAND FORKS — Students at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Science’s Simulation Center often practice on lifelike mannequins, but another program brings real people into ...

A group of gig workers who act as patients at Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University want to unionize, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Dec. 4. The workers, known as standardized patients, ...

The best healthcare, provided at the bedside or virtually, is supported with the best data. Clinically validated data points captured on each patient’s longitudinal care record can contribute to ...

Seeking actors to portray standardized patients for medical simulations. A standardized patient (SP) is trained to look and act like a real patient in order to allow students, in a supervised setting, ...