Introduction to simulated patient methodology / Debra Nestel and Margaret Bearman -- Scope of contemporary simulated patient methodology / Debra Nestel, Tracy Morrison and Shane Pritchard -- The content and process of simulated patient-based learning activities -- Jill E. Thistlethwaite and George D. Ridgway -- Communities of practice and simulated patient methodology / Debra Nestel, Jan Joost Rethans and Gayle A. Gliva-McConvey -- Learning theories and simulated patient methodology / Debra Nestel and Margaret Bearman -- The dramatic arts and simulated patient methodology / Cathy M. Smith, Tanya L. Edlington, Richard Lawton and Debra Nestel -- Simulated interaction and authentic interaction? A place for conversation analysis? / Ged M. Murtagh -- Simulated patient methodology and the discourses of health professional education / Nancy L. McNaughton and Brian Hodges -- Preparation : developing scenarios and training for role portrayal / Debra Nestel, Carol Fleishman and Margaret Bearman -- Simulated patients as teachers : the role of feedback / Debra Nestel, Margaret Bearman and Carol Fleishman -- Teaching and learning physical examination skills with simulated patients / Anna K. Vnuk -- High stakes assessment / Cathy M. Smith, Carol C. O'Byrne and Debra Nestel -- Simulated patient program management / Tanya Tierney, Pam J. Harvey and Elaine E. Gill -- Real patient participation in simulation / Rosamund Snow -- Interprofessional community care : a simulated clinic for healthcare professional learners / Pamela J. Taylor, Mollie Burley and Debra Nestel -- Telephone incognito simulated patients / Jan Joost Rethans and Hay Derkx -- Hybrid simulated patient methodology : managing maternal deterioration / Simon Jr Cooper and Mary Anne Biro -- Clinical teaching associates / Karen M. Reynolds, Jim Parle and Shirin Irani -- Advanced nursing practice in aged care : developing communication and management skills in patients with Alzheimer's disease / Jennifer H. Fisher, Jane H. Kass-Wolff, Ernestine Kotthoff-Burrell and Jean M. Youngwerth -- Skills development in person-centred physiotherapy / Felicity C. Blackstock and Shane Pritchard -- Simulated family and healthcare professionals : consent for organ transplantation / Gayle A. Gliva-McConvey -- The future of simulated patient methodology / Margaret Bearman and Debra Nestel.