The Use of Standardized Patients in the Training and Evaluation of Physician Assistant Students

Healthcare Theatre and Simulation: Maximizing Interprofessional Partnerships

“…One cost that traditional programs face is compensating standardized patients, who are compensated for both training and performing. Performance can yield a wage anywhere from $10 per hour to $100 per hour, whereas the hourly rate for training, which varies depending on the complexity of the scenario, can range from $600 to $850 per SP (Calhoun, Vrbin, & Gryzbicki, 2008;Hasle et al, n.d.).…”

Game theory and strategy in medical training

“…One possible scenario for this type of use in medical education would be training for patient interactions, which are, at their core, a series of strategic, interdependent interactions. The practice of using standardised patients to teach students how to handle both standard and challenging patient encounters touches on several aspects of game theory, although perhaps not explicitly . Negotiation is a related topic with similar potential utility to game theory.…”

“…The practice of using standardised patients to teach students how to handle both standard and challenging patient encounters touches on several aspects of game theory, although perhaps not explicitly. [52][53][54] Negotiation is a related topic with similar potential utility to game theory. In addition to negotiating with patients, educators and students regularly must negotiate with each other and with their supervisors.…”

The Evaluation of Physician Assistant Students’ History-Taking Abilities Using Actors as Standardized Patients

“…Calhoun et al concluded that 77% of responding PA programs use standardized patients in training history taking. 3 In a similar study, Coplan et al issued a web-based survey of PA programs' use of SPs. Their results were similar, with 82% of programs reporting the assistance of SPs.…”