(left to right) Dr. Cheryl Johnson observes through a two-way mirror as Cherry Dudley of Akron chats with Emily Bennett, a fourth year medical student at Northeast Ohio Medical University, in an examination room in the school's Wasson Center for Clinical Skills, during a staged testing session on Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Rootstown, Ohio. Dudley is one of several Standardized Patients used by NEOMU who "act" an illness to help students work on their clinical skills and understand that it is a patient with a disease, not a disease in a patient. Students are observed through a two-way mirror by physicians who volunteer as clinical raters, like Johnson, who will then offer advice or criticism on their bedside manor. (THIS WAS NOT A REAL SESSION). (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

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Cherry Dudley of Akron (left) chats with Emily Bennett, a fourth year medical student at Northeast Ohio Medical University, in an examination room in the school's Wasson Center for Clinical Skills, during a staged test session. Dudley is one of several Standardized Patients used by NEOMU who act an illness to help students work on their clinical skills. Students are observed through a two-way mirror by physicians who volunteer as clinical raters that offer advice or criticism on their bedside manor. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

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(left to right) Dr. Cheryl Johnson observes through a two-way mirror as Cherry Dudley of Akron chats with Emily Bennett, a fourth year medical student at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Dudley is one of several Standardized Patients used by NEOMU who act an illness to help students work on their clinical skill. Students are observed through a two-way mirror by physicians who volunteer as clinical raters, like Johnson, who will then offer advice or criticism on their bedside manor. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

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Computer monitors show the status of real testing sessions in examination rooms at Northeast Ohio Medical University's Wasson Center for Clinical Skills where a Standardized Patient talks about their illness with a fourth year medical student. NEOMU uses Standardized Patients who act an illness to help students work on their clinical skills. Students are observed through a two-way mirror by physicians who volunteer as clinical raters that offer advice or criticism on their bedside manor. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

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Michele Rosenberger (top), assistant director of Northeast Ohio Medical University's Wasson Center for Clinical Skills, uses makeup to create bruises on the arm of a Standardized Patient before a testing session. NEOMU uses the Standardized Patients to act an illness to help fourth-year medical students at the school work on their clinical skills. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

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