Glossary

Simulated Person

Etym. simulated (adj.) 1620s, “feigned,” past participle adjective from simulate (v.). Meaning “imitative for purposes of experiment or training” is…

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Simulated Patient (SP)

Note: this term is often synonymous with Standardized Patient Etym. simulated (adj.) 1620s, “feigned,” past participle adjective from simulate (v.).…

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Simulated-Based Learning Experience

Etym. simulated (adj.) 1620s, “feigned,” past participle adjective from simulate (v.). Meaning “imitative for purposes of experiment or training” is…

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Shared Mental Model

Etym. share (n.) (v.) 1580s, “to apportion to someone as his share; to apportion out to others; to enjoy or…

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Serious Games

Etym. serious (adj.) mid-15c., “expressing earnest purpose or thought” (of persons), from Middle French sérieux “grave, earnest” (14c.), from Late…

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Script

Etym. (n.) late 14c., “something written.” Meaning “handwriting” is recorded from 1860. Theatrical use, short for manuscript, is attested from…

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Scribe / Scribing

Etym. special use of Latin scriba “keeper of accounts, secretary, writer,” from past participle stem of scribere “to write.” Sense…

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Screen – based Simulation / Screen – based Simulator

Etym. screen (n.) Meaning “flat vertical surface for reception of projected images” is from 1810, originally in reference to magic…

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Scenario

Etym. (n.) 1868, “sketch of the plot of a play,” from Italian scenario, from Late Latin scenarius “of stage scenes,”…

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Safe Learning Environment

Etym. safe (adj.) not able or likely to be hurt or harmed in any way; not in danger. Etym. environment…

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