Context: Standardized patients (SPs) are commonly used in health care education to teach and evaluate the skills of students. Although this has been a common practice among other health care programs, it is not currently a widespread practice among athletic training programs. Currently, limited information exists about the use of SPs as a teaching tool in athletic training education. Objective: To explore athletic training educators' perceptions of using SPs as a mechanism of teaching and learning for students enrolled in a Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education-accredited professional athletic training program. Design: Consensual qualitative research study. Setting: Individual teleconference interviews. Patients or Other Participants: Fifteen athletic training educators (11 women, 4 men) that teach in a Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education-accredited professional athletic training program and use SPs as a teaching method. Main Outcome Measure(s): We conducted 1 individual interview with each participant. After transcription, the data were analyzed and coded into common themes and categories. Triangulation of the data occurred via the use of multiple researchers and member checking to confirm the accuracy of the data. Results: Four themes related to athletic training educators' perceptions of SPs as a teaching method emerged from data analysis: (1) rationale, (2) benefits, (3) challenges, and (4) misconceptions. Regardless of the rationales and benefits identified, there is also an acknowledged need to inform educators about best practices for inclusion of SPs. Conclusions: These findings highlighted the value of SPs as a teaching method. In addition, it also identified many challenges faced by athletic training educators to be able to implement such a practice. The need for additional and consensus education of best practices of SPs as a teaching method was also identified.