Clinical Simulation

Patient Simulation in Educational Institutions

The importance of Patient Simulation in Clinical Skills Teaching

Patient simulation is a vital part of medical education! Medical schools and educational institutions looking for patient simulators, clinical communication skills trainers and facilitators need to look no further. With a talented group of simulated patients who have years of experience, quality is assured.

Give your students the best opportunity to learn from consistent role-play scenarios which are able to be repeated and re-wound as needed and benefit from in-depth, targeted feedback delivered at a professional level.

Whether you need one actor for a psychiatric or medical scenario or twenty actors, a relative for a medical mannequin or an experienced facilitator, get in touch for a quote using the form below.

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What I Can Help You With

Communication Skills Exams

Simulated patients for all forms of communication assessments. Consistent performances for each student with valuable feedback for the examiner.

Beginners Consultation Skills

Covering the introduction, negotiating the agenda and exploring presenting complaint while using key skills such as I.C.E., empathy, and summary.

Advanced Consultation Skills

Learn how to manage a shared consultation with a limited amount of time while overcoming challenging patient issues and meeting their agenda.

Giving Complex Information

Learn how to break complex information down into manageable chunks using language that is easy to understand while getting invaluable feedback from a simulated patent that would be impossible from a real patient.

Telephone Communication Skills

Learn how to communicate effectively when you can’t see the other person’s face or body language.

Breaking Bad News

Learn strategies to help prepare someone to receive bad news and understand its ramifications while showing empathy and support.

Psychiatric Consultation

With such a wide range of psychiatric presentations, gaining experience with dealing with what you could encounter is difficult but using experienced patient simulators, as many cases as needed can be explored.

Dealing with Relatives

Relatives present a different set of issues, such as opposing a management plan, talking over the patient, consent, confidentiality or just the unforeseen. Patient simulation gives the opportunity to vary the challenge to your exact needs.

Coping with Anger

Often when people are under stress, the emotion they display is anger, but being able to defuse that emotion and uncover the root cause is a skill every medical professional will benefit from. Patient simulation offers a safe learning environment that is impossible otherwise.

Bespoke Sessions

Sessions can be designed in co-operation with your learning needs to provide the exact outcomes you desire. Whatever the situation your staff or students face can be tackled and key skills taught to improve communication skills, the patient experience and staff moral.

Many More...

These are just a few of the more common topics that can be covered. Every learner’s needs are unique however and so is each session. If you have areas of learning that are not mentioned here, please be assured that they are all possible. Just get in touch to discuss them further.

To find out how your needs can best be met and discuss booking simulated patients to help train students and staff, please get in touch.

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Clinical Simulation

The importance of Patient Simulation in Clinical Skills Teaching