<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">What: Standardized Patient (SP) Work for ages 18 and over</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">When: Various Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, plus Special Projects</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Where: Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic main campus</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">How much: $20.00 per hour plus free parking</font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4">Individuals who are interested in joining the program: </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4">Please read through the following information carefully, paying particular attention to the instructions under the “if you are interested” section. After you reply, you will receive a follow-up email, either asking for more information or requesting you to interview with us at one of our Meet & Greet sessions while will be held during the last week of August and the first week of September.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4">Individuals who are returning to the program:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4">Please email your latest headshot or picture which will be printed and posted on the SP wall here at CCF. Looking forward to hearing from you!</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,150)"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Thank you for your interest in the Standardized Patient (SP) program at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. SPs portray patients in cases which train our student doctors in Communication Skills. SPs also present as themselves in Physical Diagnosis sessions. Special Project SPs work a more varied schedule with residents, fellows and staff doctors. We are located in the Lerner Research Institute on the main Cleveland Clinic campus near University Circle in a dynamic professional and educational environment.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="4"> </font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>We have sessions every week during the academic year (September to May), with some special projects during the summer months. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>SP work is dependent upon which cases we use and whether any of the patient profiles in those cases match up with your profile. That is why it is not necessary to be available <u>every</u> Tuesday or Wednesday as this is intermittent part-time work. (Special Project hours are varied.) </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>We will invite you to participate in a specific session. You are welcome to say Yes, or No (with no penalty). </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="4">Communication Skills Simulations</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in">
<font size="4">Year 1: Wednesdays from 12:45 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4">Year 2: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in"><font size="4"> (You must be available for both Tuesday and Wednesday in the prescribed week of a Year 2 simulation.)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">In order to participate in Communication Skills simulations, you must memorize a character profile in order to portray a patient. You will be given all information that is necessary either before or at the training. You will not be required to wear a hospital gown or have a physical diagnosis examination.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="4">Training for Communication Skills</font></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">We have a 2-hour training session that accompanies <u>each</u> of the Communication Skills cases. The timing of the training session varies, but it is most often on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of the week before the simulation event. You will be paid for this training.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="4">Physical Diagnosis Simulations</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in">
<font size="4">Year 1: Wednesdays from 12:45 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">For this type of session, you must wear a hospital gown, but you are welcome to wear your own sports clothing (shorts, and for women, sports bra or tank top with skinny straps) underneath.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">There is no character profile to memorize and no training for this type of session.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4">Pay</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">You will be paid $20.00 per hour as an independent contractor. You will not be an employee of the Cleveland Clinic.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b>Parking</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Parking is provided in the garage located directly across the skyway from the College. A parking validation ticket will be given to you at each training and simulation in which you participate.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4">If you are interested, please e-mail answers to each of the following:</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Name</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in">
<font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Date of birth (as casting covers a 10-year timeframe of your actual age)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Contact information (home phone and cell phone)</font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><font size="4"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style>Availability</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in">
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>The type of simulation in which you would like to participate - Communication Skills, Physical Diagnosis, or both</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-indent:6pt"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Write a few sentences about yourself, noting why you are interested in this type of work</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Headshot (or picture) and resume, noting any work that you have done that may be similar to Standardized Patient work</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Please feel free to e-mail with any questions that you may have.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="4">Thank you for your interest in our program and we hope to hear from you soon! </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span lang="DE"> </span> </font></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Dyan Colpo</b></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin:0px">
<font color="#000099"><b>Standardized Patient Trainer/Manager</b></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000099"><b>Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine</b></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000099"><b> of Case Western Reserve University</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span lang="DE"><b><font color="#000099" size="4">SP E-Mail: <a href="mailto:CCLCMSP@gmail.com" target="_blank">CCLCMSP@gmail.com</a></font></b></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><span lang="DE"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:13px"><b><font color="#666600">"The Simulated/Standardized Patient (SP) is a person who has been carefully coached to simulate an actual patient so accurately that the simulation cannot be detected by a skilled clinician. I</font></b><b><font color="#666600">n performing the simulation, the SP presents the gestalt of the patient being simulated; not just the history, but the body language, the physical findings, and the emotional and personality characteristics as well."</font></b></p>
<p style="font-size:13px"></p><p style="font-size:13px"><b><font color="#666600">HS Barrows</font></b></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>