The purpose of the ASPE Scholars Certificate Program is to promote the advancement of standardized patient methodology and research through scholarly endeavors by ASPE members. Program Objectives are:

• To provide a formalized structure for SP educators interested in learning ways to advance their everyday work to scholarship
• To provide the foundational skills for scholarship related to SPs
• To provide one-on-one mentoring of SP educators to assist with the development and execution of scholarship projects using SPs or SP related information

All participants begin with the Introduction to Scholarship pre-conference workshop (presented annually). In addition, participants must attend three core workshops offered during the ASPE Conference. One core workshop will be offered each year; scholars must attend all three, in any order. Participants will receive one hour of 1:1 or small group mentoring by an experienced SPE scholar during the ASPE meeting with the goal of helping participants plan for presenting a work of scholarship at the next year’s annual meeting.

Educators who complete the four required workshops will receive a certificate. Educators who also present a work of scholarship at an annual meeting within two years of completing the program will be designated “ASPE scholars.”