Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 261-264 , August 2011

A nationwide survey of standardized patients: Who they are, what they do, and how they experience their work

  • Keiko Abe

      Affiliations

    • Gifu University School of Medicine, Medical Education Development Center, Gifu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gifu University School of Medicine, Medical Education Development Center, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. Tel.: +81 58 230 6465; fax: +81 58 230 6468.
    • ,
  • Debra Roter

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, USA
    • ,
  • Lori H. Erby

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, USA
    • ,
  • Nobutaro Ban

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Received 27 November 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2010 ,Accepted 14 July 2010.

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PII: S0738-3991(10)00418-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.017

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 261-264 , August 2011

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