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This is an on-call position. This role is for the school's Standardized Patient Program. A Standardized Patient (SP) is a healthy person who has been trained to portray a patient in a medical situation. Candidate must be able to role-play and act, can learn quickly and memorize, if you have excellent communication skills, accept direction, you are flexible and reliable, and you don't mind being dressed sometimes in a hospital gown, then being a Standardized Patient can be the right position for you. Standardized patient schedules can vary so flexibility will be needed.
Job Responsibility:
Portray/act – in a clinical setting – consistently, accurately and independently specific emotions, behaviors and disease symptoms while interacting with medical students during standardized patient encounters designed to enable experiential learning and/or assessment of students' skills
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Requirements:
Memorize a case script detailing specific emotions, behaviors, and disease signs/symptoms
In a standardized, accurate, and reliable manner present/act all aspects of case information, including history of current problem, affect/behavior and physical findings
Ability to accurately and convincingly maintain a specified patient character as trained when responding to student questions
Be highly dependable and punctual
Demonstrate flexibility and reliability with scheduling and assignments
Work in a professional manner when interacting with learners, faculty, trainers and peers
Participate and engage in group training
Ability to understand and follow directions and accept ongoing feedback from SP program trainers and incorporate it into case presentation
Follow written and verbal instruction and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Be willing to be audio and videotaped during student sessions
Be willing to wear a hospital gown with only undergarments underneath, while on camera and/or observed live through video monitor
Maintain confidentiality of information related to cases, student behaviors and feedback evaluations