Application of Standardized Patient Technique and Multiple Station Examination of Clinical Skills / 中华医学教育探索杂志

The paper reviews introduction of standardized patient (SP) technique to Chinese medical education and its uses and experiences of applying multiple station examination of clinical skills (MSECS) at Jiujiang Medical College (now Jiujiang University Medical College). Authors state that SP's role-play of patient, instructor and evaluator is essential for the teaching and evaluation of clinical skills. The paper analyzes and describes phases of the SP technique development in China and its use in Clinical Diagnosis course and MSECS on graduation, as well as the establishment of Clinical Skills Laboratory (CSL) and its uses in MSECS. Contents and results of the MSECS are reported.