3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide experiential learning for WSU health professions students by training them to act as standardized patients for simulated exam experiences in different health professions courses. Students will learn to respond to health professions students with consistent, reliable, professional responses to a variety of simulated scenarios. In this course, students will be introduced to orthopedic evaluation and assessment, the role of a patient, basic acting skills, training on how to portray patients, case simulations, and instructions on how to provide constructive feedback to health professions students.