Standardized Patient Program

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General Introduction

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The Standardized Patient Program is part of the Foundations of Medicine (FOM) course curriculum. The FOM course is intended to assist medical students in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors needed to interview and examine a patient. The Standardized Patient Program assists medical students learning integration and utilization of knowledge and skills in the basic and clinical sciences. It helps students to better understand the concepts of medical professionalism and to develop an effective and therapeutic patient-physician relationship through the interaction between the Standardized Patient (SP) and the physician-in training (medical student).

The role of a Standardized Patient (SP):

The role of the SP is to portray a simulated patient to help train medical students in clinical skills. The SP plays a vital role in the training of the clinical competency of medical students. It allows the student to participate in a patient encounter as close to a real life situation as possible. The medical students will learn and practice in a safe environment, to behave with the same level of professionalism as with a real 

Clinical encounter, and to be observed in the doctor-patient relationship

Value of Participating as a Standardized Patient:

• Receive volunteer hours tracked through the Noble Hour website. 

• Students who volunteer for a total of 48 hours or more per semester and are applying to the healthcare professions of their choice will be eligible to receive a letter of recommendation (LOR). 

• Face-to-Face interaction with current medical students and faculty. 

• Gain valuable insight, knowledge and skills to prepare for medical school.

• You will experience the approaches that a physician utilizes to take care of a patient.