ENCORE Vocabulary/Glossary

ENCORE Vocabulary/Glossary
 * Presenting Complaint
 * The conceptual definition of the goal or product of the MD21 educational system. These are the domains or dimensions of knowledge, skill and attitudes that define our graduates – these can vary in level of specificity from the Michigan 9 to much more finely-grained competencies related to EKG interpretation, e.g.

NB: competencies are defined by (or define) the ‘product’ and will be different for different ‘products,’ e.g., clinical researcher, primary care provider, academic physician, radiologist, GUMP, etc.


 * Overall, a total of 128 such complaints have been identified. For summer 09 pilot, only the following 3 are in scope


 * 1) Renal Failure
 * 2) Trauma
 * 3) Hyperglycemia

Synonyms


 * Competency

Related Links


 * 061206 definitions and revisions.doc


 * Competency Domain
 * The Michigan Nine competency domains define the framework for assessing students’ progress through the ENCORE program. These are


 * 1) Communication Skills
 * 2) Clinical Skills
 * 3) Diagnosis &amp; Risk Assessment
 * 4) Therapeutics &amp; Management
 * 5) Scientific Reasoning
 * 6) Social Contexts of Health &amp; Disease
 * 7) Systems of Care Delivery
 * 8) Professionalism/Education
 * 9) Assessment of self and others

Each Competency Domain is made up of specific competencies that students must attain prior to graduation. Each competency has explicit performance outcomes that students must achieve.

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Outcome
 * How the competencies are operationalized in the context of specific contexts and situations. There is not a clear line between competencies and outcomes. As competencies become more specific and detailed, they approach or even become outcomes

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Assessment
 * Procedures and methods to obtain the data needed to document student performance outcomes. These will typically be defined by the nature of the outcome.

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Performance Standards
 * The level of ‘performance ’ required or expected in a given outcome; the criteria for expected achievement of a competency. We are not planning to map performance standards to other parts of the model within the LMS for this summer’s pilot.

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Objectives
 * The goals and purposes of educational experiences (aka, Intended Learning Outcomes, instructional goals). Objectives are driven by the outcomes [NB: documenting attainment of objectives requires assessment and measurement, like the outcomes)

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Evaluation
 * Procedures and methods to obtain the data needed to document the achievement of educational objectives. This includes teaching and curriculum evaluations as well as student performance data (see Assessment).

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Learning Experience
 * Student learning activities designed to attain specific educational objectives [NB: focus on student activities (learning) not faculty activities (teaching)

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Encounter
 * A learning experience based on a Patient Encounter at a clinic. An encounter generates the following artifacts


 * 1) Observations from self (student), Academy member, Faculty member and Mentor
 * 2) Feedback
 * 3) Debrief
 * 4) Clinical Write-up

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Observation
 * A report about an encounter in Micro-CEX format. This can be filled out by the faculty, academy member or clinician. Alternately, it is a self-filled by the student

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Personal Learning Plan
 * A list of todo's/action item self-created by the student to address learning gaps. Only students can add to their own learning plan. Others including faculty/academy member or mentors are allowed a read-only view. The items are free text without any size limitations

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Journal
 * An area within ENCORE where students track their "independent learning" aka self-study

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Reflection
 * TBD

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Learning Resources
 * Materials used by the students for learning purposes. E.g. links, papers, courses etc.

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Case Study
 * TBD

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 * TBD


 * Together Time
 * TBD

Synonyms


 * TBD


 * Question Mark
 * Web-based system used to manage and administer tests used currently the medical school


 * Cohert
 * The group of student (~ 170 per class) who goes through the program. E.g. Class of 2013 who matriculates (start) on 2009


 * Grade Book
 * Record of the student grades. Not quite relevant to medical school


 * Learning Path
 * One of Clinical, Together Time and Independent Learning