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HOW TO USE SIMULATED AND STANDARDIZED PATIENTS IN YOUR CURRICULUM: BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL SP PROGRAMME.
A TWO DAY PRE CONFERENCE COURSE ON SP METHODOLOGY BY ASPE
ASPE (Association of Standardized Patient Educators) is an international organization for professionals in the field of Simulated and Standardized Patient methodology that was developed in 2001. The mission of the Association and its members is to promote and support the development and advancement of Simulated/Standardized Patient (SP) education and research in the Health Sciences.
ASPE is pleased to partner with APMEC for a two days Pre-conference course on SP-methodology. In addition to the ASPE Course fee, participants are required to register and pay for the 8th APMEC main conference registration fee.
Course givers will be Mrs. Gayle Gliva, Director of the Theresa A. Thomas Professional Skills Teaching and Assessment Center in Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), USA and Dr. Jan–Joost Rethans, director of SP- and Communication Skills programme at the Maastricht Medical School (Skillslab, Maastricht University, The Netherlands). Both have served as Board Members of ASPE and have wide international experience in working with SPs and SP–educators.
Course level
Course level will focus on SP–educators at beginner/intermediate level. Course givers will be as flexible as possible to make sure all participants will benefit equally.
Content/intended outcome of the two days course
At the end of the course the participants will know about and/or have practiced:
- Developing script/case materials for SP roles for teaching and assessments.
- Training SPs: identifying and using different training techniques to meet the objectives and needs of the curriculum (Standardized or Simulated Patient, teaching or assessment)
- Training simulatable abnormal physical findings
- Training SPs in giving feedback
- Integrating and using SPs in the medical curriculum
- Using SPs with non-human simulators (hybrid simulations)
- Setting up an infrastructure for a SP programme (recruiting & selecting SPs, how to manage a SP bank, implementing quality assurance, training faculty how to use the SP methodology, designing space etc)
- Issues using SPs: cost, using SPs in professional practice, measuring competence & performance.
This course is designed for active learning–by–doing. Course methods will be a mixture of demonstration of techniques, short mini lectures, 'do–it–yourself' practice and small group work. Through the two days there is allotted time for discussions, feedback and exchange of (international) experiences.
After subscribing for the course participants will be contacted by the course givers to get an idea of the participants' level of expertise.
Course participants will leave the course with a SP case that can be immediately implemented. Course participants will be distributed a SP reader with useful references and main papers on SP–methodology and hand–out materials.
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