As part of the Psychology Graduate Research Series, co-hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), graduate student Jessica Ketterer will present a talk titled “Assessing Clinical Competency: The Simulated Patient Assessment and Research Collaboration (SPARC).” The event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 16, from noon to 1:00 p.m., in the Maltz Psychology Building, room 2044.
Presentation Abstract
Simulated Patients (SPs) are actors trained to portray a set of symptoms consistently across clinical interactions. The use of SPs has been demonstrated to bolster student self-efficacy, reduce the risk of harm to patients, and avoid ethical dilemmas before students treat actual patients. Housing both medical and psychology graduate programs on the same campus, CPS is in a unique position to implement a training program utilizing SPs. This presentation will provide an overview of the use of SPs in the development of clinical competency among psychology trainees.
Ketterer is working under the guidance of faculty advisers from CPS, Ralph E. (Gene) Cash, Ph.D., NCSP, associate professor; Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP, associate professor; and Sarah Valley-Gray, Psy.D., associate professor.
The Psychology Graduate Research Series is free and open to the public. Pizza will be served. For more information, please contact Jaime Tartar, Ph.D., at (954) 262-8192.