For almost thirty years McMaster University has provided Standardized Patients as a valuable professional development tool. Through the use of standardized simulation, faculty and staff have opportunities to develop, refine and assess interpersonal and clinical skills in a risk free environment, to an otherwise real and sensitive situation, therefore reducing anxiety. Standardized Patients provide objective feedback to the participant.
Cindy McClung
McMaster University Health Sciences Centre
1200 Main St W.
Hamilton, ON Canada
L8N 3Z5
905.525.9140 ex. 28680 mcclung@mcmaster.ca
A Simulated/Standardized Patient is a healthy able-bodied person trained to portray the personality, history and affect of an actual person in a specific situation, in a realistic and reliable manner.
