News
Keeping you up to date with Peel Roleplay and the latest in patient/actor simulation news.
A New Partnership with Brunel Medical School
We are thrilled to be able to share the exciting news that Peel Roleplay has been appointed as the exclusive provider of Simulated Patient Role…
Exciting News! Peel Roleplay Joins Forces with the Seven Force Strategic Collaboration
We are thrilled to share that Peel Roleplay has been appointed as the exclusive provider of Role Play Actors to the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire…
Peel Roleplay on Tour – Teaching Session and Feedback Training
In the olden days of the late 1980s, when I began working as a Simulated Patient, we were simply audio-visual aids. We learned our brief,…
International Nurses Training at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
“How am I supposed to know which to say to a patient? Do I say heart attack or myocardial infarction? They are both English to…
LivDocSim – Preparation for Practice
For the past few years, Peel Roleplay have been pleased to support LivDocSim by providing Simulated Patients to support the week-long teaching of simulated clinical…
Simulated Patients Training For Assessment
“We need more doctors!” I hear it all the time and everywhere: in the media, on the train, even in the supermarket checkout queue. “No…
A New Partnership with Kent and Medway Medical School
PEEL Roleplay are absolutely delighted to announce that our new partnership with Kent and Medway officially commenced today as our first Simulated Patients attended communication…
The COVID 19 Pandemic – Going Online
Almost exactly one year ago, in what feels like another world, we wouldn’t have dreamt that the majority of the Simulated Patient sessions we’d be…
Further Training for our Current Simulated Patients
Our team has delivered over 100,000 hours of training and recruited and trained hundreds of Simulated Patients over the years- and it doesn’t stop once…
In Role And Out Of Role
“Would you like feedback in role, or would you prefer it if I come out of role and give feedback that way?” – In teaching…
Why Simulated Patients? Why Not Volunteers?
Daphne Franks, our Simulated Patient Trainer and experienced SP herself, explains the crucial differences between Simulated Patients and volunteer patients and their impact on medical…
Featured Simulated Patient: Jeff Sleeman
“I trained as an engineer”, said Jeff, which was not quite what I was expecting. Jeff explained that his first taste of acting was at…
Featured Simulated Patient: Neville Connor
Whilst recently observing teaching sessions at the University of Plymouth Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, where the Simulated Patients play a major role, I had…
Exam Time
The trees are coming into leaf, the fields here in North Yorkshire are full of lambs, and the lone peacock’s loud and mournful cries may…
Featured Simulated Patient: Elisa Cowley
Elisa has been a Simulated Patient for many years, playing everything from more straightforward roles like back pain to very demanding ones such as psychosis. …
Feeling the Feelings
Our Simulated Patient Trainer and Facilitator, Daphne Franks, has many years of experience training Simulated Patients and knows what it takes to be a highly…
Peel Roleplay at ASPiH Conference 2018
Jess and Laura from the Peel Roleplay team were delighted to be able to attend the ASPiH Conference 2018 last month, to network with other experts in medical simulation,…
Integrate Simulation-based Learning into your Programme
September is a busy time here at Peel Roleplay, as we get ready for the next academic year, working with our clients to prepare and train…
Pencils Down as we Reach the End of Another SuccessfulExam Season
As we reach the end of another successful exam season, we’d like to thank our simulated patients (SPs) for all their hard work and dedication this summer,…
A Documentary About Simulated Patients Wins ‘Best Short’ at DOC NYC
‘Bedside Manner’ is a short documentary directed by Corinne May Botz which focuses on Simulated Patients (SPs) and their interactions with clinicians. The film explores empathy and medical…
Our Simulated Patient Service within Medical Students’ Exams
Exam season is upon us and we’re working closely with our clients to provide the most suitable and experienced Simulated Patients (SPs) for their needs. The organisation…
Peel Roleplay Update: Simulated Patient Training & Meet-ups
We are a close-knit team here at Peel Roleplay, and we extend this to include the skilled Simulated Patients (SPs) that we work with. We…
‘Stuff You Should Know’: How Simulated Patients Work
HowStuffWorks.com is a website packed full of articles about anything and everything you’ve ever been curious about. The website also hosts a podcast called ‘Stuff You Should…
Spotlight On Daphne Franks
Daphne Franks is a vital cog in the Peel Roleplay machine; Simulated Patients (SPs) working with us will likely have met Daphne many times at…