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What is the role of Standardized Patients and Teaching Associates?
What is a standardized patient?
Standardized patients are highly-trained actor-educators. Broadly, the role of the standardized patient is to support a healthcare professional’s acquisition and practice of history-taking and interviewing skills, physical examination skills, communication… [Read More]

Simulation-based training in skin cancer and skin conditions
Simulation is the gold standard for the education of healthcare professionals and trainees. Medical simulators and clinical skill trainers are available in many areas of healthcare, such as obstetrics, gynecology, and emergency medicine. Nursing and medical students… [Read More]

COVID-19 Telehealth Breastfeeding Resources
Due to COVID-19, in-person breastfeeding support is no longer available. Parents struggling with breastfeeding and breast health issues are… [Read More]

Health Professional Competencies in Breastfeeding
Globally, nearly 1 million infant deaths from gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and 20,000 maternal deaths from breast cancer could… [Read More]

It’s time to address disparities in black women’s maternal health. #BlackLivesMatter
The recent Black Lives Matter protests across the U.S. originated with a focus on police brutality, but important conversations surrounding… [Read More]

Aspiring lactation consultants (IBCLC) can use telehealth visits for clinical practice hours
On May 9, 2020, the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners published Updated Interim Guidance on the Use of Technology… [Read More]

Healthcare providers and trainees need online education in clinical lactation
Before COVID-19, most health professional training programs, hospitals, and practicing healthcare providers relied on in-person refresher courses and conferences for… [Read More]
