Glossary Of Terms
Program
Refers to the healthcare-related professional program(s) included in the activity. Only click on the program(s) if the activity was designed to include those program's learners as active participants.
- Behavioral Health
- Includes programs such as therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, and other health professions who specialize in caring for mental health concerns.
- Dentistry
- Includes programs such as dentistry, dental hygiene, orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery.
- Dietetics
- Includes programs related to registered dietitian nutritionist.
- Education
- Includes programs that interact with healthcare related professions such as early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education.
- Medical
- Includes programs such as medical students, residents, and fellows.
- Nursing, Advanced Practice
- Includes programs that provide advanced degrees for nursing such as nurse practitioners, nursing administration, and nurse education, in either the master's, DNP, or PhD tracks.
- Nursing, Prelicensure
- Includes programs such as associate degree or baccalaureate nursing.
- Occupational Therapy
- Includes programs such as occupational therapy, pre-occupational therapy, occupational science, and adaptive physical education.
- Public Health
- Includes programs such as public health, global health, epidemiology, health policy and management, environmental health, and community health.
- Physical Therapy
- Includes programs such as pre-physical therapy, doctor of physical therapy, exercise science, athletic training, sports training, and physical training assistants.
- Pharmacy
- Includes programs such as doctor of pharmacy, pre-pharmacy, and pharmacy technician.
- Respiratory Therapy
- Includes programs in respiratory therapy at any degree level.
- Social Work
- Includes social work programs at any degree level, psychology, sociology, human services, and family studies and child development.
- Speech and Language Pathology
- Includes programs such as speech and hearing science, communication sciences and disorders, and degree level of speech and language pathology.
- Other
- Write in any programs not specifically listed here but that this activity collaborates with to support patient or community health outcomes.
Patient Type
Choose the patient type(s) that will be utilized in the activity.
- Case Study
- A case study is a written description of a scenario where the case is talked through instead of acted out.
- Manikin
- Human patient simulator used in simulation to mimic patient conditions.
- Role Play
- Learner peers portray patient's in simulated clinical scenarios.
- Standardized Patient
- A standardized patient is an actor trained to consistently portray a real patient’s medical condition and history for the purpose of simulating clinical scenarios.
- Task Trainer
- A task trainer may be used in an activity to facilitate practice or demonstration of a clinical skill. This may happen when practicing or demonstrating on an actual person or manikin is not possible, practical, or allowed.
- Virtual Patient
- A virtual patient is a computer-generated representation of a real patient used in simulations.
Modality
Choose the modality, or platform, that will be used for the experience.
- In person
- The activity happens in the simulation center or lab.
- Online
- This activity happens on a computer or tablet connected to the internet.
- Virtual reality
- This activity happens using a VR headset.
- Hybrid
- This activity includes multiple modalities.
- Other
- Choose this if none of the other options are appropriate.
Assessment Method
Choose the assessment method that will incorporated for evaluating the participants.
- Formative
- A formative assessment is an ongoing evaluation conducted during the learning process to monitor progress, provide feedback, and guide improvements. It can also known as experiential.
- Summative
- A summative evaluation is an assessment conducted at the end of an educational program or activity to measure overall effectiveness and determine whether learning objectives have been achieved. It is typically used in competencies or graded activities.
- High Stakes
- A high-stakes evaluation is an assessment that has significant consequences, such as determining advancement.
Experience
This relates to IPE experiences. Choose how this experience will be implemented during the curriculum.
- One time experience
- A one time IPE experience is a single, unique experience.
- Co/Extra Curricular
- Co- or Extra- curricular IPE activities are not affiliated with a particular course but are still required to meet end of program objectives.
- Full course
- The entire course is based on interprofessional education core competencies.
- Activity within a course
- IPE activity is embedded in a course, but the whole course is not based on IPE content.