Roleplay aims to simulate clinical tasks in an educational setting. This approach have been shown to improve students' knowledge and confidence to communicate effectively when providing health information to patients with limited health literacy.  

The purpose of this manual is getting familiar with the essentials of roleplay based on the specific methodology of briefing, simulation of the clinical task and debriefing.

In roleplays mostly students are fulfilling the role of the patient and of the intern physiotherapist. Of course, students appreciate practicing with an unknown simulation patient or an actor because that makes the assignment more realistic.

It is important to follow certain guidelines on how to instruct the people who are involved in the roleplay. There are also guidelines on how to instruct the students and the role-player/simulation patient/actor who will give feedback after the roleplay and for the teacher as well who will add  feedback after the students and simulation patient did.