title: Broadening the Reach of Standardized Patients in Nurse Practitioner Education to Include the Distance Learner.
abstract: Using standardized patients (SP) presenting with a specific complaint has been a mainstay in health care education. Increased use of technology has facilitated the move of instruction from the on-campus classroom to distance learning for many nurse practitioner programs. Using interactive case studies provides distance learners SP encounters. This technologically facilitated encounter gives the distance learner the opportunity for integrative thinking and development of problem solving and clinical reasoning skills.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing (Dr Ballman), Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing (Dr Garritano), Professor (Dr Beery), College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ballman
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garritano
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beery
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D020375:Education, Distance; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D013850:Thinking