Standardized Patient

University of Kansas Medical Center • Salina, KS

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About The Position

Standardized Patients are trained to act as though they have specific illnesses. They learn the history, body language, physical findings, as well as emotional and personality characteristics that tend to go along with the illness. Throughout the year, they play their part in video recorded student training sessions that happen at a variety of times within a given week.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Experience maintaining confidential information
• Communication, both verbal and written
• Interpersonal skills
• Memory and recall skills
• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Daily access to email
• Keep track of all assigned case dates
• Participate in all trainings assigned (cases, compliance, other)
• Study all facts of the assigned case script, train and preform with accuracy, and be able to take constructive criticism with a positive attitude when asked
• Call (as soon as possible) if unable to attend a scheduled session
• Arrive at scheduled time
• Dress appropriately for each case (casual, dress-up, exam gown, etc.)
• Consistently perform the case in order to ensure each student/resident is seeing the same portrayal of the scenario
• Make adjustments to the way the case is played if requested by faculty or SP staff
• Remember what each student/resident asked and did during the encounter and record it on the standardized patient checklist accurately
• Keep all cases and encounters with students/residents confidential
• Log hours worked in Workday

Benefits

• Paid training at $19.45/hr
• Most events start at $20/hr
• Certain events that require standardized patients to go above and beyond the average role pay $25/hr+

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees