A standardized patient, or SP, is a person hired and trained to act as a real patient to simulate a set of standardized symptoms or complaints for the training of future healthcare providers.
About Pregnancy and Childbirth
From routine deliveries to those that require additional expertise, USA Health cares for more women and babies than anyone else in the region. Our team of physician specialists, nurses and technicians tends to the needs of mother and child before, during and after delivery with the most advanced technology and a family-centered approach.
OB-GYN Evaluation Center
If complications or special needs arise during pregnancy, we encourage patients to visit the OB-GYN Evaluation Center at the Children's & Women's Hospital immediately. Our specially trained technicians use high-level ultrasound to monitor and evaluate the mother and baby.
Whiddon College of Medicine
Our physicians are also educators in the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama. Visit the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology to learn about its academic mission, residency and fellowship program.