Mildura Regional Clinical School is gradually collecting a nice bank of community people who enjoy being crash test dummies for mock OSCEs.

In September the Year 3 students were put through their paces in preparation for exam OSCEs later in the year.  The patients enjoy their roles, and are eager not to muck up.  Verbatim comments from the sim patients about why they are happy to help included:

• “to be part of the program to help support and retain students in Mildura”
• “I am happy to assist students and local facilities prosper”
• “A new challenge for myself”
• “[to be] valued as an individual”
• “interested in helping … encouraging medical students to the rural areas”
• “helping health professionals learn to treat patients”

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