Simulated Patient Methodology

Contributors vii

Foreword ix

1 Introduction to simulated patient methodology 1
Debra Nestel and Margaret Bearman

Part 1: Foundational Frameworks 5

2 Scope of contemporary simulated patient methodology 7
Debra Nestel, Tracy Morrison and Shane Pritchard

3 The content and process of simulated patient-based learning activities 16
Jill E Thistlethwaite and George D Ridgway

4 Communities of practice and simulated patient methodology 23
Debra Nestel, Jan-Joost Rethans and Gayle A Gliva-McConvey

Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives, 31

5 Learning theories and simulated patient methodology 33
Margaret Bearman and Debra Nestel

6 The dramatic arts and simulated patient methodology 39
Cathy M Smith, Tanya L Edlington, Richard Lawton and Debra Nestel

7 Simulated interaction and authentic interaction – a place for conversation analysis? 46
Ged M Murtagh

8 Simulated patient methodology and the discourses of health professional education 53
Nancy L McNaughton and Brian Hodges

Part 3: Educational Practice, 61

9 Preparation: developing scenarios and training for role portrayal 63
Debra Nestel, Carol Fleishman and Margaret Bearman

10 Simulated patients as teachers: the role of feedback 71
Debra Nestel, Margaret Bearman and Carol Fleishman

11 Teaching and learning physical examination skills with simulated patients 79
Anna K Vnuk

12 Simulated patient methodology and assessment 85
Cathy M Smith, Carol C O’Byrne and Debra Nestel

13 Simulated patient programme management 93
Tanya Tierney, Elaine E Gill and Pamela J Harvey

Part 4: Case Studies: Innovations Across the Health Professions 103

14 Real patient participation in simulation 105
Rosamund Snow

15 Interprofessional community care: a simulated clinic for healthcare professional learners 110
Pamela J Taylor, Mollie Burley and Debra Nestel

16 Telephone incognito simulated patients 115
Jan-Joost Rethans and Hay Derkx

17 Hybrid simulated patient methodology: managing maternal deterioration 120
Simon JR Cooper and Mary Anne Biro

18 Learning intimate examinations: the specialist role of Gynaecological Teaching Associates 126
Karen M Reynolds, Jim Parle and Shirin Irani

19 Advanced nursing practice in aged care: developing communication and management skills in patients with Alzheimer’s disease 130
Jennifer H Fisher, Jane H Kass-Wolff, Ernestine Kotthoff-Burrell and Jeanie M Youngwerth

20 Skills development in person-centred physiotherapy 134
Felicity C Blackstock and Shane Pritchard

21 Simulated family and healthcare professionals: consent for organ transplantation 139
Gayle A Gliva-McConvey

Part 5: Conclusion 145

22 The future of simulated patient methodology 147
Margaret Bearman and Debra Nestel

Index 151