On the next episode of The Real Sim Center, we’ll visit the University of Louisville’s Clinical Simulation Center (CSC). The small‑but‑mighty CSC team supports large, diverse learner cohorts by turning staffing limits into growth opportunities for standardized patients (SPs). In this session, Carrie Bohnert, Director of the Standardized Patient Program, will share how her team created advanced SP roles like peer mentors to close feedback gaps, improve quality, and strengthen SP culture without adding FTEs. The CSC has also been at the forefront of educating learners on sensitive areas such as gender‑affirming care, racism in medicine, and human trafficking. Carrie will discuss how thoughtful choices about SP casting shape those experiences—plus what she would do differently if she were launching an SP‑driven simulation program in 2026.
What you will learn:
- How Louisville uses roles like SP peer mentors to solve feedback and quality challenges while creating meaningful leadership pathways for standardized patients.
- Ideas to support high‑volume OSCEs and diverse learner groups with a very small core team.
- How early adoption of gender‑affirming care, racism in medicine, and human trafficking simulations has influenced SP training, feedback, and support.
- Practical insights for anyone building or reworking an SP program today, including where to focus limited resources, which structures to prioritize, and how to align simulation design with equity and inclusion goals.
