JOIN US NOW as St. Josephs Hospital in collaboration with Creighton Medical School is looking for Standardized Patients to work directly with medical students. A Standardized Patient (SP) is a person trained to take on the characteristics of a real patient giving the medical student an opportunity to learn and to be evaluated on learned skills in a practice environment. During an interaction with a student the SP may present medical history in response to questioning by the student, undergo a limited physical examination by the student, assist students in developing communication and clinical skills, and assist students in working through difficult emotional situations in a safe environment. The Standardized Patient (SP) acts as a lay person to portray medical illnesses as part of training for medical students in the Creighton School of Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital campus. The SP consistently recreates the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional response patterns of an actual patient using the scenarios provided. The SP works with students for skills practice, procedures, and clinical exams and may be used with several students on a one-to-one basis or a group of students in a controlled teaching session. SP will provide feedback on the student/s at the end of the encounter either verbally, by checklist, or via computer documentation.
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Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
High school or GED