- Great communications skills
- Reliable & punctual
- A flexible schedule
- Willingness to receive direction & constructive feedback
- A desire to contribute not only to the success of future healthcare providers, but
also the quality of care received by their future patients
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- Memorizing a case script
- Presenting an accurate case history & portraying symptoms, emotions, etc. in a realistic
manner
- Performing multiple encounters per event with the same focus & consistency
- Undergo various kinds of physical examinations by students &/or demonstrations by
facilitators
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SPs make $20 per hour for training & simulation cases with non-invasive, minimally
invasive, & moderately invasive exams. There are a few encounters that include intimate,
invasive exams that pay $80 per hour (see below under 鈥渒inds of exams鈥� for more details). |
No, SPs work on an 鈥榓s needed鈥� basis. This works great for someone looking to make
some extra spending money or just wanting something to do while their kids are in
school or for retirees, but this is not a good fit for someone needing a steady paycheck. |
Our schedule varies from month to month and SPs are booked according to CASE NEEDS. We strive to be fair and impartial when recruiting SPs, but some cases require a
specific gender or age demographic, and we must recruit accordingly. There may be
a lot of work to offer SPs for several weeks and then nothing for a month or longer.
Most events take place Tuesdays-Thursdays, usually from 11:30am-5:00pm. We do have
periodic events that take place on Mondays, Fridays, or in the mornings. |
Yes and no. Depending on the case, SPs may be required to put on a gown with their
undergarments underneath. For some cases SPs will remain in the clothes they wore
to work. |
Surgical scars or health issues could exclude you from being booked for certain cases
(i.e. a large abdominal surgical scar and the 鈥榩atient鈥� is not supposed to have had
any abdominal surgeries), but they do not prevent you from being hired. |
New SPs go through training and observation sessions with an experienced SP as their
guide during simulation cases. SPs will always receive the case script 1-2 weeks in
advance of the event which contains the information needed to do a realistic patient
portrayal. There is a training session on Tuesdays where the SP Educator and a SP
play out the case and SPs are allowed to ask questions afterwards. We do not put
SPs in any case that they are not comfortable with or do not feel prepared for. |
Not at all. While we welcome students or retirees from these professions, our SP鈥檚
come from an eclectic mix of many different personal and professional backgrounds.
We also welcome those who have dabbled in the creative arts (i.e. theater, film,
etc.) but previous acting experience is not a requirement either. |
- NON-INVASIVE鈥擳he student talks to the patient, gathers information, possibly gets written consent
for surgery, blood products, etc.
- MINIMALLY INVASIVE鈥擨ncludes looking in eyes, ears, nose, throat, taking blood pressure, feeling pulses,
testing reflexes, muscle strength, range of motion, etc.
- MODERATELY INVASIVE鈥擨ncludes listening to heart/lungs under gown, abdominal exam, abdominal and chest
ultrasound, etc.
- INTIMATE/INVASIVE (NOT REQUIRED)鈥攆or females, this could include a breast, speculum, and bi-manual exam, possibly
with a vaginal ultrasound. For men, it could include a prostate, rectal and testicular
exam. As noted above, these exams pay at a rate of $80 per hour. NO SP IS OBLIGATED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CURRICULUM.
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