archived on the Simulation Center’s software.
d. Provide support to the Associate Dean in the development of policies and procedures
related to curriculum and assessment for standardized patient simulation education and the
maintenance of curricular materials including a method for continued review and updates.
e. Review and report educational outcomes for all standardized patient simulation activites for
the purpose of continuous curricular improvement.
f. Maintain current knowledge of the state of the art technology to support standardized
patient simulation.
g. Provide Faculty Development sessions for VCOM faculty/staff and affiliated residency
program staff as related to standardized patient simulation and education. Provide the
coordination of faculty development and planning meetings for the faculty who provide
expertise for the simulations. This includes providing training for all faculty and staff who
participate in each of the standardized patient simulation sessions.
h. In the Center, be knowledgeable to provide all software updates, development, integration,
management, maintenance, support and user training for all hardware and software
associated with the VCOM System.
i. Organize the maintenance of all data produced to support the education, assessments, and
grades related to the standardized patient simulations and for remediations.
j. Utilize the most current technologies to implement and administer a variety of curriculum
and testing modules (ie: pre-lab participation quizzes and post lab evaluation modules).
k. Maintain all standardized patient simulation curriculum including educational content,
objectives, and assessments documents related to all simulation education on the current
technology and with the information back-up required to move to technology as it is
developed.
l. Attend national conferences and obtain the most current literature to introduce opportunity
for the use of standardized patient simulations into the curriculum.
m. Recruit, interview, hire, maintain, and manage standardized patient data in
SIMULATIONiQ.
n. Recruit for, maintain, and implement the Clinical Skills Intern Program each year.
o. Ensure compliance with international and national standards for best practices in
Standardized Patient testing and training.
p. Continuous Quality Improvement through the coordination of relevant staff and student
feedback for continuous improvement of standardized patient simulation.
q. Maintain knowledge and skills in the use and operation of standardized patient technologies
and share up-to-date publications and resources with peers.
r. Collaborate with physicians, staff educators and stakeholders to ensure standardized patient
simulation activities are seamlessly embedded in the curriculum.
s. Represent VCOM at national and international conferences and related events in
standardized patient simulation education.
t. Collaborate with Chair FM and Associate Dean on development of patient training scripts
medical cases.
u. Collaborate with Humanistic Specialist on development of humanistic evaluations.
v. Create a post event survey for medical students to provide feedback on their SP experience.
w. Review with Chair FM and Associate Dean student grades, item analysis, faculty and patient
inter-rater variablility, and student surveys.
x. Create, implement, and validate a remediation process for students with deficiencies in the
humanistic domain.
y. Offer support and training for medical students with difficulties in humanistic skills.
