A Standardized Patient (SP) is a real person role-playing a real clinical situation to help medical students learn and/or evaluate clinical skills. 

Standardized Patients are people from the community who have indicated an interest and are accepted based on their communication skills. 

An SP must be able to:
- Portray a patient case scenario
- Observe the medical student's behavior
- Recall the encounter and complete a checklist
- Provide feedback to the student

Our SPs are a supportive group who enjoy what they do because they know it’s important to both medical professionals and patients.  SPs feel proud of their contribution to medical education.