The "Standardized Patient" Technique: from an Actor to a Real Patient in the Problem of Early Diagnosis of Heart Disease

Abstract

The research is aimed at studying the effectiveness of the "standardized patient" technique in mastering medical skills. The authors combined working with an actor patient and game training using a training computer program. The main goal was to identify early signs of cardiac diseases in patients with somatic diseases. For the realism of the situation, actors with a history of cardiological diseases and being monitored by a cardiologist have been selected. A 36-hour training course has been developed for 5th year students.