Overview

In today's medical education curriculum, it is necessary for students to learn the proper technique for taking medical histories, performing physical exams, and finding the appropriate way to educate and inform patients. The best way for a student to learn these skills is through hands-on training with a Standardized Patient (SP)--an actor who has been hired to portray a specific set of health problems and symptoms. Tips to Help You Ö Develop Coaching Skills and Be a Director to Your SPs Cast Standardized Patients Get the Best Performance from Your Actors Perfect Your SPs' Timing of Fact Delivery during Examinations Improve the SPs' Written Feedback to Students Streamline Training Regimens; Checklists Included Working with SPs has become so important in medical education that it is now a component of the USMLE clinical skills assessment exam. To ensure best practice, the coaches who prepare SPs now need general guidelines. This handbook is intended as that guide and as a support for those who are involved in training SPs, to encourage each coach to develop a system that will deliver the best results and, in the end, help train the most competent doctors.

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Author:   Peggy Wallace
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780826102249

ISBN 10:   0826102247
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: Required Skill Sets: Developing the Expertise Needed to Coach Standardized Patients Chapter 1 - Overview: The Art and Practice of Coaching Standardized Patients The Collaboration in Standardized Patient Work The Uniqueness of Standardized Patient Work Some Qualities of Effective Coaches The Importance of Selecting the Right SPs The Skills Needed to Be an SP The Skills Needed to Be an SP Coach Chapter Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 2 - Clinical Skills: Acquiring the Basic Doctoring Skills Learning the Four Clinical Skill Sets Portraying the Medical Student With the SPs Chapter Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 3 - Acting: Understanding How the SPs Portray the Patient Getting Into the Patient's Psyche Familiarizing Ourselves With the Actor's Tools The Interconnectedness of Acting, Directing, and SP Coaching The Art of Acting: A Model for Enhancing Patient Portrayals Chapter Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 4 - Directing: Coaching to Deepen the SPs' Performances The Relationship of the Coach/Director With the SPs Chapter Summary Looking Ahead PART TWO: Training Procudures: Casting and Training the Standardized Patients Chapter 5 - Casting: Finding the Right Standardized Patients Recruitment Auditioning Selection Chapter Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 6 - Training the Standardized Patients: An Overview General Guidelines for Training Chapter Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 7 - Training Session One: Familiarization with the Case Notes to the SP Coach About Training Session One Chapter 8 - Training Session Two: Learning to Use the Checklist Chapter 9 - Training Session Three: Putting It All Together (Performance, Checklist, Feedback) Training the SPs to Give Effective Written Feedback Chapter 10 - Training Session Four: First Dress Rehearsal (Clinician Verification of SPs' Authenticity) Chapter 11 - Training Options: Variations on the Training Sessions Chapter 12 - The Practice Exam: Final Dress Rehearsal Afterword References Additional Readings on Acting and Directing Appendix A: Maria Gomez Case Materials Appendix B: Standardized Patient Administrative Forms Index

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Peggy Wallace, PhD, is Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Director of Curricular Resources and Clinical Evaluation at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where she is responsible for the teaching, assessment, and remediation of clinical skills using standardized patients in the undergraduate medical school curricula. For the past 10 years she has been Director of the Professional Development Center at the UCSD School of Medicine, where the clinical skills of residents and practicing physicians are also being assessed.

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