Transforming healthcare by educating and empowering learners and patients
Growing your simulation program doesn’t need to be a solo endeavor.
Patient Performance is here to help.
Standardized Patients for Health Professions Education
At Patient Performance, we provide comprehensive Standardized Patient (SP) services to support your institution’s mission of training the next generation of healthcare professionals. We understand the importance of foundational training to ensure learners are equipped to deliver safe, high-quality patient care. Our services are designed to help you build and maintain a mission-focused SP pool through:
Recruitment: Identifying and selecting the right SPs to meet your training needs is key to your learners’ success. Whether conducting individual or group interviews, we can help you find quality SPs.
Engagement: Keeping SPs engaged is vital if you want to ensure they attend training, learn their cases, and give every encounter their full attention and skills.
Retention: Ensuring long-term success with a dedicated, reliable SP pool will help your operations and events run more smoothly. We offer tried and tested methods for helping your SPs know they are valued so they’ll continue working with you.
Training: We offer expert guidance to prepare SPs for their critical roles, using the foundations of adult education to get them ready for working with your learners.
We work with institutions of all sizes and design customized solutions that fit your needs and budget, ensuring optimal results for your health profession programs.
Simulated Participants for Research Training
How are you preparing healthcare professionals for data collection in your study? Relying on staff or volunteers can result in missed opportunities for practice with simulated participants—and even expose your project to HIPAA risks. Patient Performance is here to help you select the right human simulators to meet the unique needs of your research.
Our services include:
Recruitment: We help you select participants with the right demographics, ensuring your study reflects the diversity required for accurate training.
Onboarding and Payroll: Save valuable time and resources—let us handle HR and payroll, so your staff can focus on other essential aspects of the project.
Training: We collaborate with you to ensure your trainees are fully prepared to collect accurate data and interact with study participants.
With Patient Performance, you’ll get the tailored support you need for successful, secure, and efficient research training.
Sim Consulting: Optimize Your Simulation Program
Running a successful simulation program can be complex, but with the right guidance, it can run more smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. At Patient Performance, we offer expert consultancy services designed to enhance the performance of your simulation center. Our team works with you every step of the way to streamline operations, improve outcomes, and ensure your program’s success.
Our consultancy services include:
Event Coordination & Logistics: We help organize and manage your simulation events from start to finish, ensuring that everything runs according to plan—on time, within budget, and without a hitch. From scheduling to resource management, we take care of the logistics so you can focus on training.
Checklists: We provide detailed, customized checklists to guide your simulation process, ensuring that all key aspects are covered. These checklists improve consistency, reduce errors, and help you track progress throughout the simulation cycle.
Facility Design: Whether you’re building a new simulation center or redesigning an existing space, we offer expert advice on layout, equipment, and technology to maximize your facility's functionality and efficiency. We’ll work with you to create a space that fosters effective learning and meets the needs of your team and learners.
Visit our Sim Center Consulting page to discover how we can support you in optimizing your simulation program and take it to the next level!
Patient self-advocacy programming
Despite training in communication skills, healthcare providers often miss the mark, leaving patients frustrated, unheard, and stuck. But it doesn't have to be this way. By taking a more active role in healthcare conversations, patients can work with providers to find solutions—saving time, money, and frustration.
Do your employees need a better approach to talking with doctors? Or are you part of a community group seeking to improve healthcare communication? Patient Performance is here to help. Learn more about our services by clicking the link below.