Standardized Patient - Graduate School PA Program

University of Maryland, Baltimore; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Maryland, Baltimore's School of Graduate Studies is seeking part-time contractual Standardized Patients to participate in educational training events for students in the Physician Assistant Program and the School of Pharmacy.

Ideal candidates use acting skills to portray basic or complex healthcare scenarios, interact realistically with learners, and may perform hands-on components under faculty observation.

Qualifications

• No education required.
• No experience required, but prior performing arts experience is beneficial.
• 30 college credits equivalence to one year of experience can substitute for education or experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Learn and memorize case scripts and portray scripts with realism using speech, gestures, body movements and props.
• Perform scripts with accuracy and realism; sessions may be video recorded for faculty feedback.
• Provide feedback to faculty based on learner performance from standardized patient checklists.

Skills

Acting skills

Job description

Job Description

The University of Maryland, Baltimore's School of Graduate Studiesis seeking part-time contractual Standardized Patients toparticipate in educational training events for students in thePhysician Assistant Program and the School of Pharmacy. Idealcandidates will use acting skills to demonstrates basic or complexsymptom(s) or problem(s) of healthcare situations. These situationsvary from short single symptom issues to long-scripted multifacetedhands-on patient case scenarios. These scenarios are designed toprovide students an opportunity to learn and be evaluated. Thisposition will interact emotionally with learners to provide mostrealistic settings. Scenarios may include hands on physicalexams.

Responsibilities

1. 1. Learn and memorize case scripts that include multiple pages.Provide realistic and accurate interactions with learners whiledepicting the script repeatedly by portraying and interpretingscripts, using speech, gestures, body movements, and props.
2. 2. Perform the script with accuracy and realism. Each experience isvideo recorded so the faculty can review to evaluate the learnerand identify items for feedback to the learners.
3. 3. Providefeedback to faculty based on the learner's performance of itemsidentified on the standardized patient checklist. Provide feedbackto learners as requested.

Qualifications

No education required.; No experience is required, but priorperforming arts experience is beneficial. Except for qualificationsestablished by law, additional related experience and formaleducation in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, andabilities required for full performance of the work of the jobclass may be substituted for the education or experiencerequirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits beingequivalent to one year of experience.

About Us

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland’s publichealth, law, and human services university. Six professionalschools and the interdisciplinary Graduate School confer themajority of health care, human services, and law professionaldegrees in Maryland each year.

Our goal is to support the University’s mission of education,research, clinical care, and public service by amplifying UMB’svoice as a thought and action leader, and to enhance goodwill inthe communities and people with whom we engage. UMB is a publicuniversity and constituent institution of the University System ofMaryland. All employees are expected to work primarily physicallywithin the State of Maryland.

UMB is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforceand is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, age, ancestry or nationalorigin, sex, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation,gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical ormental disability, marital status, protected veteran's status, orany other legally protected classification.

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UMB is a public university and constituent institution of theUniversity System of Maryland. All employees are expected to workprimarily physically within the State of Maryland. Regular and contractual employee are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package

About the Team

The Graduate School of the University of Maryland strives toempower scholars, practitioners, and researchers to become agentsof innovation and leaders of change through distinctive, relevant,and rigorous education supported by research grants and contracts,are undertaken collaboratively with the National Institutes ofHealth, the National Science Foundation, the University of MarylandMedical Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Institutesfor Human Virology, and others.