Research Article: Standardized Patients in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy: a Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Implementation
Lead author: Franziska Kühne
Submitted by: Jackson Szeto, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Use of standardized patients is an emerging discipline in the field of psychology and psychotherapy. Through filters using content-analysis techniques, the authors have included 41 publications relevant to use of standardized patients in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. This review system considers barriers and facilitators used to consider implementation of SP interventions in this field. Through various literature searches, these barriers and facilitators were categorized and authors were able to display a variety of recommendations for implementing Standardized Patient programs.

Read the full article in the Academic Psychiatry here.

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