Standardized Patient, Bowling Green Campus

Job Title

Standardized Patient, Bowling Green Campus

DU14290

7H0BG:
Bowling Green Campus

Bowling Green, KY

$19.00/hour

Temporary

Part-Time

• High School Diploma or the equivalent

• Basic computer skills (e.g. typing and data entry)
• Reliable email access
• No specific experience level is required, but communication and feedback skills are essential

N/A

physical exam

Shifts of varying length / varying schedules may occur between 7:30AM – 6:00PM Monday-Friday, rare Saturdays

UK College of Medicine-Bowling Green Campus Standardized Patients (SPs) are trained to portray a patient/person in a medical and/or communication-based situation. SPs receive extensive training in clinical communication skills, educational expectations, and instruction on how to provide constructive verbal feedback. SPs engage with learners in carefully designed “role play” events as though they were a person seeking care in some way.

SPs provide individualized feedback from a patient’s perspective, ensuring continuity for realistic case portrayal and evaluating student skills related to checklist completion. Working as a Standardized/Simulated Patient (SP) provides a unique opportunity to be involved in shaping the education of tomorrow’s physicians, healthcare professionals, and others. SPs engage with the program as a part time role, sign up for cases they are qualified for, and have flexibility to decline for scheduling conflicts or content reasons.

This position will be performed at the UK College of Medicine-Bowling Green campus.

• Bi-lingual. Full professional proficiency and ability to have advanced conversations with few mistakes and/or primary fluency in the language.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to receive and take direction
• Motivation to help learners develop interviewing techniques and interpersonal skills
• Ability to realistically portray a variety of patient cases
• Eye for detail and a great memory
• Flexibility

No

• Acting experience
• Teaching experience

03/11/2026

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