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"Won't You Be My Patient?": Preparing Theater Students as Standardized Patients
The Journal of Nursing Education
|March 2, 2016
Summary
An innovative course for theater students could improve nursing education simulations by addressing barriers to using standardized patients (SPs). This approach aims to enhance realism and therapeutic communication skills in nursing students.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Simulation-Based Learning
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Background:
- Simulation is a key nursing education strategy, with high-fidelity manikins offering safe practice environments.
- Limitations of manikins include lack of realism and inability to practice therapeutic communication.
- Standardized patients (SPs) offer realistic scenarios and develop essential communication skills.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address barriers hindering the use of standardized patients in nursing education.
- To propose an innovative, interdisciplinary course to overcome these barriers.
Main Methods:
- A literature review was conducted to identify barriers to standardized patient utilization.
- Barriers identified include financial, human resource, and quality control concerns.
Main Results:
- An interdisciplinary course preparing theater students to act as standardized patients is proposed.
- This course has the potential to eliminate identified barriers and increase SP usage.
Conclusions:
- The proposed course is an innovation aimed at enhancing simulation-based nursing education.
- Further testing is recommended to evaluate the effectiveness of this interdisciplinary course for both nursing and theater students.
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