Standardized Patient - VT Students Only

Standardized Patient - VT Students Only

This is a position for standardized patients, available to VT students only. The role is based in Roanoke, Virginia, at the VTC School of Medicine - Instr Pgms, under the Medical Professionals, Other, and Research / Scientific categories, with a wage type of Hourly, provided by Virginia Tech.

Job Description

Standardized Patients are trained to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient at a particular point in time; assess/document learner performance; provide individualized feedback on clinical and interpersonal skills, and represent patient satisfaction. In this capacity, an SP will be interviewed and physically examined by learners or health professionals in the same manner that would occur if they were an actual patient. Additional training is provided to select Standardized Patients to teach and refine physic...