Standardized Patient Program
- Standardized Patient Program
The Standardized Patient Program
(SPP) is an essential aspect of the medical
student curriculum. Students participate in multiple standardized patient
exercises that are distributed across each of the four years. The cases
progress and become more demanding as the students' foundation of medical
knowledge and communication skills continue to grow.
The Standardized Patient Program is responsible for the recruitment and
training of individuals to play the role of a patient as part of a medical
student/allied health professional educational or assessment activity. SPP
staff work with faculty content experts to design and develop cases and evaluation
instruments to teach or test communication, physical exam, and clinical reasoning
skills. In addition, staff assist with the remediation process by working
with students to address case specific knowledge deficits. Currently, the
Standardized Patient Program works with programs from the Medical School,
Graduate Medical Education, School of Public Health, and the School of Pharmacy.
To learn more, please visit the Standardized
Patient Program website
or contact a staff member listed below:
Kelly Poszywak
Program Manager
Phone: 734-615-2992
Fax: 734-763-6771
Email: spprogram@umich.edu
3908-B Taubman Health Sciences Library
1135 Catherine Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5726