Standardized Patient Program
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Welcome to the Standardized Patient Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The program provides clinical skills training for medical students throughout the four-year curriculum.
"The Simulated/Standardized Patient (SP) is a person who has been carefully coached to simulate an actual patient so accurately that the simulation cannot be detected by a skilled clinician. In performing the simulation, the SP presents the gestalt of the patient being simulated; not just the history, but the body language, the physical findings, and the emotional and personality characteristics as well.”
– Howard Barrows, M.D.
Given that the best way to replicate a human being is with a human being, many aspects of the real clinical world can be evoked using specially trained actors to portray patients with particular health conditions or concerns. Because of their special training they are referred to as “Standardized Patients” (SP). They are able to give a consistent and pre-defined account of their condition and to answer the full spectrum of questions about themselves.
