Etym. 1570s, “the consequence of anything” (as in in the event that); 1580s, “that which happens;” from Middle French event, from Latin eventus “occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue,” from past participle stem of evenire “to come out, happen, result,” from assimilated form of ex- “out” + venire “to come.” Meaning “a contest or single proceeding in a public sport” is from 1865. Events as “the course of events” is attested from 1842.
Definition
- The occurrences that cause variation or changes in the state of a system (Sokolowski and Banks, 2009); in health care simulation, this term is common when programming manikins and often refers to learner actions.
- An event is described by the time it occurs and event lists can be created to drive changes in a simulation.
See also: STATE/STATES