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Uso de Pacientes Simulados na Formação de Profissionais de Saúde

Code 17135
Year 1
Semester L0
ECTS Credits 1
Workload TC(8H)/T(2H)/TP(20H)
Scientific area Community Health
Entry requirements NA
Learning outcomes - Defining the role of Simulated Patients (SPs) in the context of pre-graduate medical education;
- Acquiring basic staging and communication knowledge necessary to represent the role of SPs;
- Developing knowledge and skills relevant for the medical education grounded on the experience of representing patients (e.g., communication and empathy);
- Acquiring the knowledge necessary to evaluate the performance of medical students within the context of OSCE - Objective Structured Clinical Examination;
- Be able to represent the role of a simulated patient in a realistic, convincing and standardized way.
Syllabus
1. Introduction and framework / the role of Simulated Patients (SP) and the OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination)
2. HW 1 – Research on SP and reporting activity (subgroups)
3. Basics of staging-dramatization
4. SP dramatization (roleplay)
5. Basics of clinical communication
6. HW 2 – Build a guide for SP simulation in a OSCE
7. OSCE activity training with SP (including autoscopies) – level 1
8. OSCE activity training with SP (including autoscopies) – level 12
9. Learning evaluation and process evaluation, with feedback on the work carried out
Main Bibliography Bachmann, C., et al. (2013). A European consensus on learning objectives for a core communication curriculum (…). Patient education and counseling, 93(1).
Franco, C. A., et al. (2015). OSCE para Competências de Comunicação Clínica (…). Revista Brasileira de Educação Medica, 39(3).
Quint, F. C., et al. (2021). Simulação na educação médica (…). Revista Brasileira de Educação Medica, 45(04).
Nunes, J. M. (2010). A comunicação em contexto clínico. Bayer.
MacLaine, T., et al. (2021). The use of simulation in medical student education on the topic of breaking bad news (…). Patient education and counseling, 104(11).
Sequeira, C. (2016). Comunicação clínica e relação de ajuda. Lidel.
Shelmerdine, S., et al.. (2012). Osce Cases (…). Anshan.
Taylor, S., et al. (2019). Comparison of the effects of simulated patient clinical skill training and student roleplay (…). Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 16(3).
Wamboldt, R., et al. (2018). Communication Skills for OSCEs. Scion.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria
Homework 1 (HW1) (subgroups) - 40%
Homework 2 (HW2) (subgroups) - 40%
Test of Knowledge - 20%
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-07-17

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