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## KEY MESSAGES • Simulated patients (SPs) are the 'examination question' in performance assessments and therefore need to be 'standardized' in order to enable a fair and reliable assessment. • SP practitioners (individuals who train SPs for assessments) need to understand principles of assessment. • There are several phases in the preparation of SPs for assessments that involve cognitive and behavioural elements for repeated, standardized portrayal. • Principles of deliberate practice apply to the attainment of 'assessment readiness' by individual SPs. • After assessments, obtaining feedback from SPs, reviewing taped encounters and debriefing SPs are valuable practices for quality improvement. ## OVERVIEW Performance assessment in health professions education, training and certification has embraced human and non-human simulation as context to permit the development and assessment of behavioural, technical and problem-solving skills, as a proxy for real life. Simulation allows learning and assessment 'on demand', standardization of the content and the assessment criteria and customization for expected learning outcomes. For assessment purposes, particularly when high-stakes decisi

Author

Cathy M Smith; Carol C O'Byrne; Debra Nestel

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781118760673

Subjects

Medical, Nursing, Medicine

Updated

2026-03-24