Nov. 8—Amy Pyatt, of Joplin, never pictured herself becoming an actress, but her part-time job posing as a sick patient at Kansas City University-Joplin has helped dozens of medical students gain ...

The Anesthesiology Simulation Lab (ASL) is a suite of three rooms used by the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program – Nurse Anesthesia and the Anesthesiology Residency Program. Configured to replicate an ...

With an ultimate goal of patient safety and clinical excellence for all our healthcare learners, the Simulation Core employs various validated simulation methods to ensure realistic learning ...

They're actors, but they don't perform on stage or in front of cameras. And they don't do drama or comedy. Rather, they specialize in injuries and illnesses. "I've had every disease you can imagine," ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - UT Tyler School of Medicine students hosted community members Wednesday to play the role of patients to practice their exam skills. Karen Lewis, the director of the simulated ...

Karri Livingston remembers the “Seinfeld” episode with Kramer as a simulated patient. It still makes her laugh. She began as a simulated patient at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in ...

Touring a center where medical students will train on life-like simulation models before entering operating and exam rooms, Dr. Chad Epps almost shudders at the memory of how physicians of his ...

The 45-year-old patient, Sally Artesaros, sat on the exam table, her body hunched in pain with her palm cradling the right side of her temple. "It's sharp and it's pounding," she said of the migraine ...

Do you know anyone seeking casual work? Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry are looking to add to the pool of unscripted simulated patients that we use for events such as OSCEs ...

They’re stressful. They’re tough. They’re the OSCEs: Exams that train you — the medical student — to be the best doctor you can be. OSCE stands for objective structured clinical examination, and it’s ...