Standardized Patient Program
The Standardized Patient Program (SPP) is part of the Foundations of Medicine (FOM) course curriculum. The FOM course is intended to assist medical students in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors needed to interview and examine a patient. The Standardized Patient Program assists medical students learning integration and utilization of knowledge and skills in the basic and clinical sciences.
It helps students to better understand the concepts of medical professionalism and to develop an effective and therapeutic patient-physician relationship through the interaction between the Standardized Patient (SP) and the physician-in training (medical student). Standardized Patients (SPs) are trained to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, emotions, and responses of actual patients in simulated clinical encounters.
The Role and Value of SP Participation
The Role of a SP
- Portray a simulated patient to help train medical students during clinical skills sessions
- Training clinical competency of medical students
- Allows students to have patient encounter as close as to a real patient
- Study standardized patient story and relay information to medical students appropriately
- Acquire responsibilities and flexibility to scheduling
- Obtain exposure to medical world while learning
Value of SP Participation
- Receive volunteer hours tracked through the Noble Hour website.
- Students volunteering for 48 hours or more per semester and applying to the healthcare professions of their choice will be eligible to receive a letter of recommendation (LOR).
- Face-to-Face interaction with current medical students and faculty.
- Gain valuable insight, knowledge and skills to prepare for medical school.
- Experience the approaches that a physician utilizes to take care of a patient.
Types of Standardized Patient Sessions
The Standardized Patient Program holds three different types of sessions:
Preparation, Confidentiality and FAQ
How to Get Started
Complete Sign-up Form
Complete our sign-up form to receive emails from SP program
- Beginning of each month SP administrator will send out dates available to volunteer
- Email back with the dates you like to participate
- Confirmations will be sent out by the 15thof each month
- Accept or deny participation
- SP story and any important information will be communicated 1 week in advance
- Arrive to your assigned session
Location and Parking
FAU Clinical Skills Simulation Center
3998 FAU Blvd, Suite 200 (Corner of FAU Blvd. and Spanish River)
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Program Contact Information
Marina Sapp BSN, RN
Program Manager and SP Administrator
Phone: 561-297-1667
Email: spadministrator@health.fau.edu