The aim of this review was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the roles of real and
simulated patients in undergraduate medical education. The literature was reviewed in …

Objectives: Simulation methodologies are integral to health professional education at all
levels of training and across all disciplines. This article reviews the literature on simulation in …

Simulated Patients (SPs) play a crucial role in clinical medical education by providing
realistic scenarios for student practice. However, the high cost of training and hiring qualified …

Healthcare learners can gain necessary experience working with diverse and priority
communities through human simulation. In this context, simulated participants (SPs) may be …

We conducted three studies that address the residual effects of instructed feigning of
symptoms. In Experiment 1 (N= 31), undergraduates instructed to exaggerate symptoms on …

This chapter introduces the potential of simulation in medical education and in doing so
covers four key areas:(i) definitions and classifications (ii) application of educational theories …

Standardized patients (SPs) are a widely used, valid, and reliable means of teaching and
evaluating healthcare providers (HCPs) across all levels of training and across multiple …

Objective Previous studies have shown that people who act as simulated patients (SPs)
experience negative effects caused by performing patient roles. This study was performed to …

This study determined whether the use of the human patient simulator (HPS) as an
educational intervention with nursing students was more effective than the use of interactive …

Background Despite growing interest in engaging patients and families (P/F) in patient
safety education, little is known about how P/F can best contribute. We assessed the …