Maastricht University – SHE (School of Health Professions Education)

Are you looking to involve Simulated and Standardized Patients in your educational programme?

Our course Training and Working with Simulated Patients for Teaching and Assessment teaches you how to recruit, train, and supervise the performance of Simulated Patients for both teaching and assessment.

Through interactive learning-by-doing and guided by trainers from different European countries, this course gives you a great opportunity to advance your educational programme through involving Simulated Patients. You can read more about the course here.

Practical information
📅 Date: 25-27 March, 2026
✍ Registration deadline: 9 February, 2026
📍 Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
🧾 Course fee: €2550,-

Staff
A multidisciplinary and international team of professionals in Health Education.
• Sandy Nelissen, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Annelies Lovink University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Sten Erici, Lund University, Sweden
• Esmeralda Wouters, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Student profile
This course is aimed at SP educators who already have some experience working with simulated patients. It specifically seeks to attract a diverse group of SP educators from various countries, with the goal of encouraging international collaboration.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you and inspire each other through training and working with Simulated Patients!