Application of standardized family in pediatric clinical teaching
Standardized patient(SP)has been widely used for medical teaching and assessment in medical colleges at home and abroad.Pediatric consultations are mostly directed toward parents,so in pediatric education,SP is usually referred to as standardized family(Sfam),which is trained to portray the patient's family members.At present,the development of Sfam in pediatric teaching in China is relatively slow.Based on the characteristics of pediatric teaching,the paper summarizes the necessity of Sfam,the application of different types of Sfam,the integration of Sfam with other clinical teaching methods,and the value of Sfam in pediatric teaching,and also discusses the future direction and prospects of Sfam combined with artificial intelligence in pediatric teaching.After years of development,Sfam has been proved to be an effective teaching model.We hope this paper can help more pediatric clinical educators gain a deeper understanding of the Sfam teaching method,and promote the application of Sfam in pediatric teaching to maximize its role in advancing the development of pediatric education.