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Standardized Patient Educator

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Trains standardized patients to participate in the education of medical students and health professionals by portraying cases accurately and to support the teaching, assessment and evaluation of the curriculum as defined by the faculty.  Conducts quality assurance of standardized patients.  Updates and enters data into the EMS system. 

This task involves multiple responsibilities and requires interfacing successfully with faculty, staff, and standardized patients.

Essential Functions
•    Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
•    Training of standardized patients.
•    Maintains database of evaluation cases.
•     Assists with case modification.
•     Ensures standardized patients have the most current training material.
•    Assists in ensuring the reliability and validity of cases and checklist items assessing clinical skills.
•    Ensures confidentiality of all case materials.
•    Ensures exam rooms are appropriately arranged.
•    Ensures medical equipment is available and functioning.
•    Updates and enters data into the EMS system.
•    Other duties as assigned

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

1001 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

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