GlossaryGuide

Etym. trigger (n.) “device by means of which a catch or spring is released and a mechanism set in action.” Definition An event or events that move the simulation from one state to another.

Etym. techno – word-forming element meaning “art, craft, skill,” later “technical, technology,” from Latinized form of Greek tekhno-, combining form of tekhne “art, skill, craft in work; method, system, an art, a system or method of making or doing.” Etym. simulation (n.) noun of action from past participle stem of simulare “imitate,” from stem of… Continue reading Technology-Enhanced Health care Simulation (encompasses high-and low-technology health care simulation)

Etym. technical (adj.) 1610s, “skilled in a particular art or subject,” formed in English from technic + al (1), or in part from Greek tekhnikos “of art; systematic,” in reference to persons “skillful, artistic,” from tekhne “art, skill, craft.” The sense narrowed to “having to do with the mechanical arts” (1727). Etym. skills (n.) late… Continue reading Technical skills

Etym. team (n.) applied in Old English to groups of persons working together for some purpose, especially “group of people acting together to bring suit;” modern sense of “persons associated in some joint action” is from 1520s. Team spirit is recorded from 1928. Team player attested from 1886, originally in baseball. Etym. learning (n.) Old… Continue reading Team-based Learning

Etym. task (n.) early 14c., “a quantity of labor imposed as a duty,” from Old North French tasque (12c., Old French tasche, Modern French tâche). General sense of “any piece of work that has to be done” is first recorded 1590s. Etym. trainer (n.) c. 1600, “one who educates or instructs,”agent noun from train (v.).… Continue reading Task Trainer / Part-Task Trainer / Partial Task Trainer

Etym. system – (n.) 1610s, “the whole creation, the universe,” from Late Latin systema “an arrangement, system,” from Greek systema “organized whole, a whole compounded of parts,” from stem of synistanai “to place together, organize, form in order,” from syn- “together.” Meaning “set of correlated principles, facts, ideas, etc.” first recorded 1630s. Etym integration (n.)… Continue reading Systems Integration

Etym. synthetic (adj.) 1690s, as a term in logic, “deductive,” from French synthétique (17c.) and directly from Modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek synthetikos “skilled in putting together, constructive,” from synthetos “put together, constructed, compounded,” past participle of syntithenai “to put together” (see synthesis). Related: Synthetical (1620s in logic). Etym. learning (n.) Old English leornung “learning,… Continue reading Synthetic Learning Technologies

Etym. (adj.) 1660s, “pertaining to conjecture,” from Greek stokhastikos “able to guess, conjecturing,” from stokhos “a guess, aim, target, mark,” literally “pointed stick set up for archers to shoot at;” the sense of “randomly determined” is from 1934, from German stochastik (1917). Definition Pertaining to a process, model, or variable whose outcome, result, or value… Continue reading Stochastic

Etym. Meaning “physical condition as regards form or structure” is attested from late 13c. Meaning “mental or emotional condition” is attested from 1530s (phrase state of mind first attested 1749). Definition A term used when programming manikins; state variables may include vital signs, monitor readings, body sounds, and verbalizations made by the simulator. [pleural] A… Continue reading State/States

Note: the term Standardized Patient is often synonymous with Simulated Patient Etym. standard (n.) “authoritative or recognized exemplar of quality or correctness” (late 15c.). Meaning “rule, principal or means of judgment” is from 1560s. That of “definite level of attainment” is attested from 1711 (as in standard of living, 1903). Etym. patient (n.) “suffering or… Continue reading Standardized Patient Simulation