Abstract: The career of standardized patients in China is in the stage of popularization. The important role of standardized patients in medical education has been aware by more and more medical colleges, whom began to establish a standardized patient teaching team, and to explore the recruitment, training and management of the team of standardized patient volunteers. There are many positive practical significances for the reference of the standardized patients’ career development to other medical universities, colleges and hospitals by analyzing the general characteristics, common problems and daily management of standardized patient teams which already exist in domestic.

Key words: standardized patients (SPs), team management, medical education