Being a standarized patient

Okay let's talk about this. There are 2 types of Standardized patients. One "patient" does cases with students and basically play acts. So they must memorize symptoms of the disease and when asked questions by the medical student or nursing student, they answer the questions based on the script. Then the student does a physical exam. The SP is then given a form to fill out to rate the student and we are all set. This takes some training and the pay is not really that great. The second type of standardized patient is the gynecological training associate (GTA) and the male urological training associate (MUTA). These people go through extensive training with either a medical school or there are now some private schools that teach this training. The classes are generally 3 to 5 days and vary in cost. Usually several hundred dollars. These people then are teachers to the medical students. They teach second and third year students and even nurses and midwives the breast, pelvic, penile, testicular, and prostate exams. They also teach rape exams and ultrasound exams of a private nature. They also get to rate a students performance, but primarily they are there to give students immediate feedback to make these exams more comfortable to the real life patients they will see in the future. The pay for this type of SP is much better. Usually in the range of 30-40 dollars per student. The people that perform this job are usually highly motivated individuals.

I will answer your question ahead of time. No I am not a SP or MUTA, but yes I have done extensive research as I am interested in being one. I do not have time due to my career.

Does that include massage therapy, because i was a hi no pig at a massage school but i couldn't relax.

^^^^^ No, it does not. They just take volunteers or the students bring their own friends and relatives to get the massages. It's similar to chiropractic where students often have to find their own patients.

It isn't like that in medicine.

I'm back.... At least for this conversation. I'm an SP and MUTA in the real world. I currently work in eastern Tennessee and previously worked in NY and NJ.

For an SP, the training varies as do the assignments. Most training is on the job and compensated. I'm know there are private companies that supply services to med schools. I'm sure the greedy ones would charge for training.

I teach and test physical exam for various medical and allied health professionals. For example, they'll get a lecture and cadaver lab time for a particular set of body systems then clinical time with the SPs to practice under our guidance. Later, they'll be tested on those exam skills and graded by the SPs backed up by video.

Other times, we'll play a character with a particular set of symptoms and clues. That character may be getting a history and physical exam or just an interview.

Sometimes the SPs are simply bodies while the professors demonstrate techniques. Sometimes we're tasked with operating the video recorders and acting as timer for testing sessions.

The MUTAs and GTAs where I've worked teach the appropriate exam using our bodies for practice. Generally, the students don't get tested, just guided to do things correctly.

Compensation ranges from in the teens per hour for the simple stuff up to 50+ per hour for MUTA/GTA work. Compensation will vary depending on location. Big cities pay more than out in the country. No, there are no volunteers.

Yes, for a head to toe exam for my cousin. She performed this examination in front of her teacher.

I recently got work as an SP for now 2 local medical schools. I started the 1st gig several months back and just picked up another gig this week as a male pelvic model -- my first gig for that is actually tomorrow, so I'm pretty anxious as to how that will go. In general its been really fun so far. Ive been out of work due to a few personal and medical issues for a few years, so I saw this as a way to pick up some extra money on the side until I can get a longer term job, and likewise get back into the workforce a little bit (and just simply get out of the house and meet new people!). The regular SP job pays OK hourly but there arent very many chances to work, usually only 1 or 2 days a month so far. The other gig Im doing pays a lot more though, but again its only a couple days out of the month so far.

I wonder if they try to filter out medfet folks...I would imagine that they at least would do so for very obvious folks. If you get an erection every time you get examined it might be difficult.

I wrote a story about this: A Grueling Exam, it's on Literotica.

The very idea gives me goose bumps; all that examining, probing, and surrender....