You have probably seen the Seinfeld episode. You know the one. Or you have read the Empathy Exams. Or you know you have an extremely interesting conversation starter at a social occasion when you meet someone new who asks you, “What do you do for work?” Many people have tried to put into words what it is that Simulated Participants do. Mr. Freedman explores his work as a Standardized Patient at the University of Massachusetts and what it means to him personally, as well as what it means to the learners he interacts with, and the future patients of those learners.

 

Read the full article in The Atlantic.

 

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