A simulated patient is a person who has received specialised training to accurately portray the personal history, physical symptoms, emotional characteristics, and everyday concerns of a real patient. Simulated patients play a key role in the education and assessment of medical students and other healthcare professionals by helping them develop clinical examination, communication, and interpersonal skills.

The programme aims to enhance the practical training of future healthcare professionals by providing a safe, controlled, and realistic learning environment in which clinical and communication skills can be developed and assessed.

To ensure that all participants are fully prepared for this role, an in-person training session will be held on a date chosen by each participant (21 or 22 February) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Health Building of the University of Aveiro, Building No. 30, Agra do Crasto, Aveiro.