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Angeles programs are more unique in that they have the privilege of working with professional actors. they are off broadway actors but today, they re standardized patients playing sick. i m having a cocaine induced heart attack. stomach pain, it s actually pancreatitis. all fourth year students test their clinical skills in this simulation program. it s a safe practice environment offering real life doctor-patient interaction, much different from textbooks or the classroom setting. you say you re really flying solo. usually in medical school, you re doing everything with a team and so you always have someone to back you up if you re not sure about something. what you read in the book is always so different from how someone presents to you in real life. it feels like you re in a real patient encounter. it s that stressful. the sessions are videotaped so there s instant feedback from the faculty. we re observing to see how ....

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