He explained that the Standardized Patient Program is based on preparing and training people to represent specific clinical cases and scenarios in a realistic, organized, and uniform manner before the examinees, providing equivalent clinical situations that allow performance evaluation according to specific objectives and standards, and enhancing the objectivity and consistency of the evaluation process.
He pointed out that the standardized patients underwent an intensive training program to prepare them to perform clinical cases and scenarios accurately and uniformly, based on the best practices and international standards in human simulation and the standardized patient methodology, including the standards of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH).
He pointed out that the training focused on mastering the clinical scenario, standardizing the way the case was presented and the response to the examinees, and maintaining the realism, stability, and repetition of performance among the examinees, providing an equivalent evaluation experience and enhancing the reliability and quality of clinical evaluation.
Al-Nawfala pointed out that employing the capabilities of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center in the exam represents a new station in a path that began with the inauguration of Her Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein, President of the Jordanian Nursing Council, of the Center in 2022, which was established to respond to the training and educational needs of health professionals locally, regionally, and internationally, indicating that employing the standardized patient in an Arab medical specialty exam embodies the widening scope of benefiting from this infrastructure in clinical and specialized evaluation.
He emphasized that the importance of clinical evaluation and simulation goes beyond the examination process to enhance the quality of practice and patient safety by measuring the practitioner's ability to apply knowledge, skills, communication, and dealing with clinical situations within an organized and safe environment that simulates actual practice.
He explained that cooperation with the Arab Board of Health Specializations enhances the exchange of experiences and the benefit from the capabilities of the Jordanian Nursing Council in exams, simulation, and clinical evaluation, and expands the areas of cooperation in developing professional and specialized evaluation systems at the Arab level.
He said that the Council is working to enhance an integrated system for competency-based evaluation that combines exam management, simulation, standardized patients, and clinical evaluation, supporting the quality of education, training, and health practice, and consolidating the transition from measuring theoretical knowledge alone to measuring the practitioner's ability to efficiently employ their knowledge and skills in practice.
