title: Results of a survey on the use of standardized patients to teach and evaluate clinical skills.
abstract: In 1989, a survey was sent to each U.S. and Canadian medical school requesting information about how standardized patients are used for teaching and evaluating clinical skills, and 95% of the schools responded. Although there was widespread use of standardized patients throughout the curricula, the role and training of these patients varied markedly within a given school as well as across schools. One outcome of this survey is the development of a network to share resources, protocols, and training material to enhance the development of this educational strategy.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Stillman
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Philbin
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Haley
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003376:Counseling; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010361:Patients; D010808:Physical Examination; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods