2008 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 215-223
The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of simulated patients in nursing education by investigating domestic literature. The objects of study are research reports with the keyword "simulated patient" in the journal of the Japan Medical Abstract Society. Investigation of 30 items relating to the purposes of these research reports, the descriptions of simulated patients, etc. was performed. Analysis of the title text was performed. The result, achieved by the analysis of the number of reports regarding research using simulated patients, the magazines listing these reports, the development of SP research and the titles, clarified the characteristics of patient simulations involving SP. SP is a trained person of simulated patient using simulation. Use in nursing education began in the 1990s and SP is thought to have continued to gradually increase. However, because there are some research reports that do not clearly describe the characteristics of simulated patients, it is feared that some confusion may occur in future simulated patient research.
