The Standardized Patients Podcast

EP.26: Creating the SP Anthem

For our Season 2 finale we’re going a little musical - This week we’re joined by guest Emily Whitcomb who not only chats with us about being an SP but shares her other talents with us as a singer and songwriter - with the power of improv - to help us create the ultimate SP Anthem. Emily Whitcomb has been an SP for nearly 10 years and has been a role player for even longer. She has worked with various public agencies and the U.S. Army and Air Force for a variety of mass casualty, crisis intervention and mental health training scenarios. As a songwriter, she has performed throughout the Midwest and her songs have been featured internationally in commercials, films, and theatre productions. She enjoys teaching individual music lessons and workshops and is a member of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters. Instagram | @ExtraEmily [https://www.instagram.com/@ExtraEmily/] Facebook | EmilyWhitcombMusic [https://www.facebook.com/EmilyWhitcombMusic] Website | emilywhitcombmusic.com [https://emilywhitcombmusic.com/] Find The Standardized Patients Podcast at: Instagram | @standardizedpatientspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/standardizedpatientspodcast] TikTok | @standardizedpatientspod [https://www.tiktok.com/@standardizedpatientspod]

EP.25: SP Encounter Workshop

Kerry McGee and returning guest & Jenna Rossman our here this episode to take us through another Workshop episode featuring - * drumroll * SP Encounters! Through a roleplay SP Encounter, Katie guides us through a thorough breakdown of what an average* Student/SP Encounter looks like and discuss the importance of “neutralizing answers” and best practices to transition a case to an encounter that best enhances the learning experience. *yes, there are no ‘average’ encounters ;) Kerry McGee is the Artistic Director at We Happy Few (WHF), an ensemble-based classical theatre company in Washington DC, and the Creative Director of a brand new company: The Literary Adventure Society (LAS).  LAS creates immersive audio mysteries that consist of a fully produced audio play and physical clues mailed straight to your home. Kerry has adapted several Sherlock Holmes mysteries and has given Catherine Louisa Pirkis' forgotten female detective, Loveday Brooke, a new theatrical life with brand new adaptations for LAS. Kerry has directed numerous productions for WHF including Elizibeth Inchbald's neglected masterpiece Lovers' Vows and a rousing production of Treasure Island that performed across DC in backyards, bars, and art galleries. Kerry received her MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from VCU, and has put her pedagogy degree to good use as a Standardized Patient Trainer and Instructor, and Physical Examination Teaching Associate for both George Washington University and Georgetown University. Her work with the medical students includes teaching specialized interview and general physical exam skills. Jenna Rossman (she/her) is so excited to be back on the podcast! Jenna is an actor currently based in Washington, DC. Most recently, she was on set filming an indie drama, Small Animals, written and directed by Gary Parker and recently starred in an MFA student short film, Betty’s Bubbles. In addition to her on-camera work, Jenna has worked at a variety of theatres including The Kennedy Center, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Rep Stage and Rorschach Theatre. Jenna still can’t believe she found her dream day job working as a Standardized Patient and Physical Exam Teaching Associate at multiple medical schools throughout the DMV. A big thanks to Katie and Catherine for creating an incredible podcast that uplifts this important work! Upcoming: “The Boundary: A Life and Death Experience” – an immersive production with Submersive Productions (Fall 2023). Check out and support We Happy Few’s Kickstarter for Literary Adventure Society: Immersive Audio Experiences [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/litadventuresociety/literary-adventure-society-immersive-audio-experiences?ref=project_build] project - a classic mystery audio play productions with tactile physical components that arrive at your door. Take your place in every story! Also upcoming from we Happy Few is SEX MONSTER a cabaret at Big Bear Cafe, 7pm on Aug 25. Find Tickers and info HERE [https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/sexmonster] Jenna will be performing in The Boundary: A Life and Death Experience with Submersive Productions, September 1st through October 15th, on Fridays and Saturdays. Get Tickets  HERE [https://submersiveproductions.ticketspice.com/theboundary] Jenna will also be performing in a staged reading of a new play called Garbage People written by Michael Perrie Jr. on Saturday, September 23rd at Chesapeake Arts Center in Columbia, MD Instagram | @casio_dreams [https://www.instagram.com/@casio_dreams/] @jenarousity [https://www.instagram.com/@jenarousity/] Find The Standardized Patients Podcast at: Instagram | @standardizedpatientspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/standardizedpatientspodcast] TikTok | @standardizedpatientspod [https://www.tiktok.com/@standardizedpatientspod]

EP.24: SP Advice to Med Students

Surprise! We’ve been working all season to bring you this special episode! This one goes out to all our Med Students - we made this is episode just for you. We asked all our Season 2 guests if they could share one piece of advice with a medical student, what would it be? Join Host Katie Culligan on this clip-show inspired audio-adventure as we share and break down all our fabulous guests’ responses. Find The Standardized Patients Podcast at: Instagram | @standardizedpatientspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/standardizedpatientspodcast] TikTok | @standardizedpatientspod [https://www.tiktok.com/@standardizedpatientspod]

EP.23: Forensic Training Associate (FTA)

TW: This week we are discussing FTA and their work, which involves the topics of Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault, and will come up in conversation during this episode. Please take care of yourself and mental welling being, if this topic is not comfortable for you, catch you next episode! “Like Bones or NCIS?” - Not quite, but possibly just as exciting. This week we talk with Guest Julia Klavans a GTA & Forensic Training Associate (aka a FTA) who is on the cutting edge of this new Simulated Patient Field and at the forefront of developing standardized curriculum for SA Nurse Examiners and Advocates. Today we’ll learn a little more about her, what her work as an FTA entails, and while this new genre of SP is something we should have everywhere. Julia Klavans (she/hers) is a Genitourinary Teaching Associate, Forensic Teaching Associate, Physical Exam Teaching Associate and Standardized Patient based in Southern California and the Washington DC Metro region. She has been active in the clinical skills field since 2015, when she first became a Standardized Patient as an extension of her work as a professional actor. Recently, Julia pioneered the first in-house training program for Forensic Teaching Associates at DC Forensic Nurse Examiners. Julia has presented her research at the International Association of Forensic Examiners and the Association for Standardized Patient Educators. Julia currently serves as Education Specialist in Clinical Skills at UC Irvine, and she is the founder of Best in Practice LLC, a company with the mission of providing custom-built, patient-centered training in forensic nursing and gynecological care. In her other life, Julia is an actor, dancer, singer, dramaturg, and intimacy choreographer. Instagram | @juliaklavans [https://www.instagram.com/juliaklavans/]

EP.22: A Day in SP Life - Exam Day

Who doesn’t love a part 2? We’re back again with Guest Jon Reynolds (who talked with us about a ‘normal’ SP day in Episode 12) and today we talk about what an Exam Day looks like for an SP, the people behinds the scenes to make exam days happen, and what makes these day different than a “typical” one. Jon Reynolds (he/him) is an actor, deviser, designer, and playwright from Washington DC. He can be heard in We Happy Few's horror audioplay series A Midnight Dreary, The Tell Tale Heart; and also as Sherlock Holmes in We Happy Few's The Adventure of the Dancing Men and The Norwood Builder. On the DC stages he was last seen in Ada and the Engine (Avant Bard Theatre), Visions of Love (Pointless Theatre Co.), Pericles (We Happy Few), and Mnemonic (Theater Alliance). Other DC area credits include Beertown, A Killing Game, Courage, and Toast (dog & pony dc), Perfect Arrangement (Source), The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, and The Second Shepherds' Play (Folger Theatre), and Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre Company). Jon is a graduate of McDaniel College, MD. Insatgram | @actorreynolds [https://www.instagram.com/actorreynolds/?hl=en] Check out We Happy Few’s Audio Plays and Follow along mystery box experiences Tap here https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/detectiveplays [https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/detectiveplays] for more details.