07/11/2025
Help future healthcare providers while getting paid as a simulated patient!
A simulated patient (SP) is a healthy person who has been coached to simulate a patient (or family member) according to a variety of case scenarios for the teaching and evaluation of healthcare learners.
We are looking for SPs who can work in person at the UTHSC campus. We recruit SPs of diverse backgrounds, and a variety of ages (18+ years old). Pay is $20/hour. Temporary position and not benefit-eligible and not a full or a part-time job, but it does provide a regular, year-round gig. SPs do not have a set schedule; they typically are scheduled for shifts M-F during business hours (7am-5:30pm). Many SPs work at least 8 hours a month (if not more). We are looking for SPs who can work with us for at least 12 months.
SPs offer learners from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and health professions the opportunity to practice their communication and interpersonal skills, medical interviewing, and noninvasive physical examination in a safe, immersive learning environment at our state-of-the-art simulation center in Memphis.
During simulations, SPs portray not only the medical history and symptoms but the body language, emotional and personality characteristics of the role.
SPs are both actors and non-actors, are trained to consistently reproduce a role multiple times a day, must multi-task by portraying a role while also accurately recalling what occurred to complete an evaluation and provide feedback to learners.
Invited group auditions/interviews are July 22, 23 and August 11. If hired , required paid, in-person, orientation is: September 23, 24, 25, all day, each day. We hire new SPs only once or twice a year, so apply now! To start the process, fill out the form on the website – the link is at the bottom of the SP page. https://uthsc.edu/simulation/standardized-patient.php
