Introduction : the art and practice of coaching standardized patients -- Clinical skills : acquiring the basic doctoring skills -- Acting : understanding how the SPs portray the patient -- Directing : coaching to deepen the SPs' performances -- Casting : finding the right standardized patients -- Training the standardized patients : an overview -- Training session one : familiarization with the case -- Training session two : learning to use the checklist -- Training session three : putting it all together -- Training session four: the first dress rehearsal -- Training options : variations on the training sessions -- The practice exam : the final dress rehearsal
Summary
"This handbook is intended as that guide and as a support for those who are involved in training SPs, to encourage each coach to develop a system that will deliver the best results and, in the end, help train the most competent doctors."--BOOK JACKET
