Standardized Patient Program

Standardized Patients are people who represent the patient community. They can be students, artists, retired teachers, postal workers, law enforcement – members of our community. They are trained to accurately and realistically re-create the history, physical findings, and psychological and emotional responses of the patient in a clinical setting or situation in a safe environment. Standardized patients are also trained to provide feedback on the experience they had to improve interpersonal skills and effective communication.

St. Luke’s Standardized Patient Program represents a diverse ethnic and racial demographic of people ranging in age from 18-80 years old. All requests for standardized patient programs must go through the Simulation Center.

Standardized patients can be used in educational sessions such as:

• Learner Evaluation
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination Sessions
• Patient Experience
• Standardized Patient Session Case Portrayal

In addition to the Standardized Patient Program we also have Standardized Participant services. Standardized participants can be used in educational programs for the following:

• Live Performances
• Marketing
• Print Models
• Ultrasound Models
• Videos