Overview of the Program
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine's Standardized Patient (SP) Program is administered through the Office of Educational Development, which is responsible for student assessment; course design; curriculum evaluation & development; faculty development; educational research & program evaluation; and special programs for the recruitment, preparation, and retention of minority and disadvantaged students.
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Since the late 1980's, standardized patients have been an integral part of the school's educational program. Students encounter SP's as both a learning resource and an assessment strategy in the areas of interviewing, physical examination skills, counseling and taking a history. In addition, the SP Program participates in research projects that focus on student and/or resident performance, knowledge and attitudes.
An active data base of SP's ensures that most requests for SP's are filled. If the activity is part of the required first and second-year medical curriculum, the SP's hourly wages for both training and performing are absorbed by OED. If the request is for a research project, charges include the standard SP hourly rates, plus a fee for the consultant/trainer's contribution to case development, training and program administration.
Cherri Hobgood, Program Director
Joey Woodyard, Clinical Assessment Director (843-9378)
Dr. Cherri Hobgood, Program Director
Joey Woodyard, Clinical Assessment Director (843-9378)
Clinical Skills Center
Office of Educational Development
UNC-CH School of Medicine
CB 7530 Rm. 1045 Burnett-Womack
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7530
main office: (919) 966-3643
Office web site: http://www.med.unc.edu/oed
updated June 2006
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