Barb and everyone -

'Standardized patient' is a teaching tool used in the medical world. 
(I dislike the term but am not going to take on that battle at the 
moment.)

In essence, a 'standardized patient' is an individual trained to 
'present' to a person in training (e.g. physician/ med. student) in a 
controlled, simulated situation. Often these can be professional 
actors but that is not a requirement per se. These are usually done 
in mock exam rooms that allow for observation and taping. The 
interaction is done in hopefully a standardized  fashion - so 
everyone being trained receives the same input/ information. 
Evaluation is of the responses from the person being trained. In 
theory it moves education from an act of primarily 'listening' to 
more of an act of 'doing'.

As there is an association for everything these days ... there is an 
Association for Standardized Patient Educators.

and that is already probably more than you wanted to know ... :)

Best
(and keep sending those syllabi etc. ... despite all the interest so 
far I have only received one)

Andrew




>Andrew,

>I'm curious: what is a standardized patient?

>

>Barb Garner

>

>=====================

>From: Andrew Pleasant <pleasant at aesop.rutgers.edu>

>Date: 2007/12/03 Mon PM 06:39:51 CST

>To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>

>Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1553] Re: Medical School curriculum

>

>Hi,

>

>I and folks at UMDNJ are currently crafting a health literacy

>training program and curriculum that includes developing standardized

>patients. This is not explicitly for inclusion in a medical school

>curriculum (at the moment) but as a stand alone training program for

>practicing physicians. The first training sessions are scheduled for

>2008, the curriculum will be finalized sometime in January.

>

>You might also be interested in my existing health literacy class,

>but it is not explicitly targeted at medical students, at

>www.aesop.rutgers.edu/~healthlit

>

>Best, (or Aloha)

>

>Andrew Pleasant

>

>

>

>>Hello,

>>

>>I recieve the Health and literacy email discussion and find the breadth

>>fascinating and heartening.

>>I am a physician,completing fellowship training in specialty of Geriatric

>>Medicine, at the John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii. My

>>colleagues and I are in the process of developing a Health Literacy 

>>Curriculum

>>for medical students and other physicians in training. A literature 

>>review has

>>had low yield regarding other medical or professional schools 

>>intergrating the

>>topic of Health Literacy into their curriculum.

>>

>>Does anyone have any knowledge of medical or other professional

>>schools incorporating health literacy into their training curriculum?

>>

>>Thank you in advance for your input.

>>

>>Karen Lubimir, M.D., D.M.D.

>>Fellow,  Department of Geriatric Medicine

>>John A. Burns School of Medicine

>>University of Hawaii

>>Honolulu, HI

>>

>>

>>-----Original Message-----

>>From: Julie McKinney <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>

>>To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov

>>Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 3:25 pm

>>Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1519] Wednesday Question: Policy Wish List?

>>

>>Hi Everyone,

>>

>>I don't want to interrupt the topic of using TV for ESOL in health

>>settings, but

>>I want to ask for some feedback for this week's question.

>>

>>What kinds of policy changes would be helpful to health literacy efforts? It

>>could be national or state policy, policy within your professional system, or

>>policy within your specific program. The field is open. Any ideas or wishes?

>>

>>Thanks,

>>Julie

>>

>>Julie McKinney

>>Discussion List Moderator

>>World Education/NCSALL

>><mailto:jmckinney at worlded.org>jmckinney at worlded.org

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Department of Human Ecology
Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Cook Office Building, 55 Dudley Road #207
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
phone: 732-932-9153 x. 320; fax: 732-932-6667