DescriptionIn the UCLA Simulation Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine, you will act as Standardized Patients (SPs) by portraying the symptoms, personality traits, and other characteristics of a real patient, but in a standardized way. SPs receive case materials in advance that must be memorized to create the character (patient). This generally includes information related to the current medical complaint (when it started, previous episodes, severity, etc.), along with other background information (marital status, past medical history, allergies, tobacco use, alcohol use, etc.). The SP uses the information to portray the patient in either a one-on-one setting with a single student/learner, or in a group set