Standardized patient methodology in mainland China: a nationwide survey

BMC Medical Education

Wei Chen¹  Qi Li²  Zhi-Yuan Guan²  Ping Yang²  Hui Pan²  Jun Zhao²  Xue-Min Yan³  Hua-Xia Yang⁴  Yuan Xu⁵  Nai-Xin Liang⁵  Carol A. Pfeiffer⁶ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;Department of Education, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;UConn Health;

关键词: Standardized patient;    China;    Nationwide survey;    Difficulty;    Payment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-019-1630-y

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background To describe the current status of standardized patient (SP) practice in mainland China. Methods We conducted a nationwide survey in 2016. One hundred and eighty-three SP educators (SPEs) responded to the questionnaire, representing 80 medical centers from 25 provinces in mainland China. All of these centers were affiliated with China Standardized Patients Practice Teaching Guidance. In the survey, we assessed the methods of SPs’ recruitment, hourly wage, how SPs were used and challenges of SP role. We also compared these data among the 4 different regions in China. Results In mainland China, the most frequent range of SPs’ age was between 30 and 40 years (24.8%). The SPs were usually recruited by recommendations from the SPEs or a current SP (43.8%), as well as advertising in the hospitals (43.8%). The mean hourly wage was US$12.60 for teaching activities and US$18.82 for medical examinations. The median frequency for training SPs was 12.9 times per year. The SPs were used in areas such as internal medicine (89.6%), surgery (79.2%) and pediatrics (56.3%). The most challenging parts for the SPs were to remember all of the key points of the cases (51.9%) and portraying the emotions of the case (51.9%). Almost half of the SPs reported that, when interacting with medical students, they had difficulty in providing feedback in consistent with students’ learning objectives. SPs’ gender, age, rewards and scenarios playing were different significantly among the 4 geographic regions in China (P < 0.05). Conclusions This survey provided the reliable data on the current situation of SP application in China. SP activities have had an encouraging progress but regional development imbalance.

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