standardized patients versus simulated patients in medical education: are they the same or different

Standardized patients versus simulated patients in medical education: are they the same or different

In order to equip medical students with all the necessary skills in dealing with patients to provide optimal treatment, the need for the use of real patients in educational settings has become prominent. But all the required skills cannot be practiced on real patients due to patients’ safety and well-being. Thus, the use of standardized patients (SPs) or simulated patients (SiPs) as a substitut...

Role of standardized patients in medical education.

Standardized patients are volunteers from the community who participate actively in the teaching and evaluation of our future physicians. The SP program augments medical student learning in both clinical and basic sciences by providing opportunities to practice on patients who are available and willing to be examined. SPs allow "teachable moments" to be created, rather than waited for. SP-based...

Interactive simulation training: computer simulated standardized patients for medical diagnosis.

SIMmersion LLC is a software development company that creates human interactive training simulations. SIMmersion produces PC-based simulations of people with whom trainees are able to hold conversations. Trainees communicate with simulated characters in face-to-face conversations, using voice recognition technology. Topics that would match well with SIMmersion's simulation capabilities include ...

Task Difficulty and Its Components: Are They Alike or Different across Different Macro-genres?

Task difficulty across different macro-genres continues to remain among less attended areas in second language development studies. This study examined the correlation between task difficulty across the descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and expository macro-genres. The three components of task difficulty (i.e., code complexity, cognitive complexity, and communicative stress) were also comp...

Ethnocultural versus Basic Empathy: Same or Different?

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: are they the same or are they distinct diseases?

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