Coaching standardized patients : for use in the assessment of clinical competence / Peggy Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Peggy.

Series:

Springer series on medical education (Unnumbered)

Springer series on medical education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical competence--Evaluation.

Clinical competence.

Nursing--Study and teaching.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 342 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:.; 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 Fac

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. Required Skill Sets: Developing the Expertise Needed to Coach Standardized Patients; PART TWO. Training Procedures: Casting and Training the Standardized Patients; Afterword; References; Additional Readings on Acting and Directing; Appendix A: Maria Gomez Case Materials; Appendix B: Standardized Patient Administrative Forms; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81273-0

9786611812737

0-8261-0344-8

OCLC:

476263847