/medsimcentre/taxonomy/term/442/all en /medsimcentre/education/standardized-patients <p>Standardized Patients (SPs) are individuals who have been trained to accurately and consistently recreate the parameters set-up in a scenario of an actual patient at a specific point in time. They may also be called upon to portray other health care professionals or family members.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 13:18:08 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 1878 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/education/learner-visits <h2>Learner visits</h2> <p>Since its inception in 2006, the Simulation Centre has hosted over 170,000 learner visits and 6,900 workshops. The majority of learners comprise medical students, nursing students, physical and occupational therapy students and residents.</p> <p>Educational activities range from teaching procedural skills on synthetic and real-tissue models to communication skills using actors for patients and interprofessional team-based skills in a high-fidelity simulated suite with computer-operated manikins.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 12:11:36 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 1877 at /medsimcentre