We added an extra Meet & Greet on Thursday, September 10th. If you are thinking of applying, do so now while we still have some slots available! What: Standardized Patient (SP) Work for ages 18 and over When: Various Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for the medical college, plus various dates for Special Projects Where: Lerner Research Institute & Cleveland Clinic Simulation and Advanced Skills Center on CCF main campus Pay: $20.00 to $23.00 per hour plus free parking *Returning SPs*: Please send email to CCSASCSP@gmail.com with latest headshot and availability information. *New applicants*: 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 an email acknowledging that we have received your information. We will then review responses and send select invitations to interview with us at one of our Meet & Greet sessions which will be held during the last week of August and the first week of September. 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 are used to 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 other caregivers here at CCF. We are located in the Lerner Research Institute on the main Cleveland Clinic campus near University Circle in a dynamic professional and educational environment. - We have sessions every week during the academic year (September to May), along with Special Projects which occur on various dates. - 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 *every* Tuesday or Wednesday as this is intermittent part-time work.) Special Project hours are varied. - We will invite you to participate in a specific session(s). You are welcome to say Yes or No. *Communication Skills Simulations* These sessions occur on various Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons. *You will not be needed all Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons; you will be invited to specific Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons. * Special Projects vary in needs and dates. In order to participate in Communication Skills simulations, you must memorize the character profile of a particular 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. *Training for Communication Skills* We have a 2-hour training session that accompanies *each* of the Communication Skills cases. The timing of the training session varies, but it is most often on the Monday or Thursday of the week before the simulation event. You will be paid for this training. *Physical Diagnosis Simulations* These sessions occur on various Wednesday afternoons from 12:45 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 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. There is no character profile to memorize and no training for this type of session. *Special Projects* cover various simulations, e.g., a concerned parent of a child who is a patient, a difficult patient, a patient who has just received bad news. It may be to portray a patient or family member in a sim that is live in the hospital, or that is needed in a video. There are many different types of Special Projects. *Pay* You will be paid $20.00 to $23.00 per hour as an independent contractor. You will not be an employee of the Cleveland Clinic. *Parking* Parking is provided in the garage located directly across the sky-way from the College in Lerner on main campus, or for Special Projects, the garage closest to that location. A parking validation ticket will be given to you at each training and simulation in which you participate at the College, or for Special Projects, you will be reimbursed through your invoice at project completion. *If you are interested, please e-mail answers for each of the following requests to the email address listed below for your last name:* - Name - Age *and *Date of birth (We cast within a 10-year time frame of your actual age.) - Contact information (home phone and cell phone) - Availability - The type of simulation in which you would like to participate - Communication Skills, Physical Diagnosis, or both. How about Special Projects? - Write a few sentences about yourself, noting why you are interested in this type of work - Headshot (or picture) and both business and acting resumes, noting any work that you have done that may be similar to Standardized Patient work. *NEW applicants with last names that begin with A-L reply to CCSASCSP <CCSASCSPRay@gmail.com>Sue@gmail.com <Sue@gmail.com>* *NEW applicants with last names that beging with M-Z reply to CCSASCSPMary@gmail.com <CCSASCSPMary@gmail.com>* *RETURNING SPs only reply to CCSASCSP@gmail.com <CCSASCSP@gmail.com>* Thank you for your interest in our program and we hope to hear from you soon! Dyan Colpo - Standardized Patient Program Manager Cleveland Clinic Simulation and Advanced Skills Center SP E-mail: CC <CCLCMSP@gmail.com>SASCSP@gmail.com *"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**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."* *HS Barrows*