STANDARDIZED PATIENTS ROTATION 1 Credit Hour

Catalog description

Offers second year students the opportunity to interview standardized patients and receive feedback on their patient interviewing and history recording skills which prepares them to function competently in a doctor/patient encounter. Some students find that interviewing patients comes naturally, while for others it is more a learned skill. The standardized patients are actors who have been coached to simulate actual patients so accurately that the simulation could possibly fool even a skilled clinician.