airway, breathing, circulation ✔️ABC
before meals ✔️AC
A communication method within debriefing that pairs a statement of observation and point of view with a question directed at understanding
an action through a participant's cognitive construct or frame. ✔️Advocacy and inquiry
against medical advice ✔️AMA
Automatic Positive Airway Pressure ✔️APAP
The process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, a subject's knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs. ✔️Assessment
Graphical representation of the user or user's alter ego or character. It may take either a 3-dimensiona form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a
2-D form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities. ✔️Avatar
the decision-making and team interaction processes used during team's management of a situation ✔️Behavioral Skills
An idea that asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive, or reward that is more effective at delivering particular
outcomes than any other technique, method, process, and so on. the most efficient (least amount of effort) and effective (best results)way of
accomplishing a task based on repeatable procedures that have proven themselves over time for large numbers of people ✔️best practices
This refers to any activity that occurs prior to a simulation event such as an educational activity. This can include giving instructions, guidelines,
or directives. This can be for the instructional staff as well as for the learners. ✔️Briefing
coronary artery bypass grafting ✔️CABG
congestive heart failure ✔️CHF
Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator ✔️CHSE
Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced ✔️CHSE-A
Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist ✔️CHSOS
A term used throughout various documents and resources of the CHSOS certification. It is a general term used to encompass any and all
activities related to the application, verification, certification granting, administrative, and other functions performed in the certification
program. ✔️CHSOS program
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ✔️COPD
A plan of an expected and potential course of events for a simulated clinical experience. ✔️Clinical scenario (simulated scenario)
Simulation activities that are performed via a computer program. These are similar to virtual reality simulations, but do not include additional
interfaces between the learner and the computer. ✔️Computer-based simulation
An individual other than the patient who is scripted in a simulation to provide realism, additional challenges, or additional information for the
learner. ✔️Confederate
the degree to which a test measures what it claims, or purports, to be measuring ✔️Construct validity
The extent to which a measure represents all facets of a given social construct. It requires the use of recognized subject matter experts to
evaluate whether test items assess defined content and more rigorous statistical tests than does the assessment of face validity. ✔️Content
validity
The fundamental simulation education standards that have been developed by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Certification Committee
as a cooperative effort with input from other simulation societies and groups. ✔️Core standards
A disciplined process that requires validation of data, including any assumptions that may influence thoughts and actions, and then careful
reflection on the entire process while evaluating the effectiveness of what has been determined as the necessary actions to take. The process
, entails purposeful, goal-directed thinking and is based on scientific principles and methods (evidence) rather than assumptions and conjecture.
✔️Critical thinking
Information provided by instructors or designated participants in the simulation that helps the student progress through the simulation activity
by providing information about the step the student is on or is approaching. ✔️Cueing
The human worn partial task surgical simulator. In realistic scenarios it simulates the treatment of the 3 most common causes of preventable
death on the battlefield, including hemorrhage from extremity wounds, tension pneumothorax and airway compromise. ✔️Cut Suit
Activity that follows a simulation experience led by a facilitator wherein feedback is provided on the simulation participants' performance while
positive aspects of the completed simulation are discussed and reflective thinking encouraged. ✔️debriefing
diabetes mellitus ✔️DM
date of birth ✔️DOB
echocardiography, echocardiogram ✔️ECHO
electroencephalography, electroencephalogram ✔️EEG
scenario guide, scenario role player, or confederate; assigned to help guide the scenario; The guidance may be influential as positive, negative,
or neutral or as a distractor. ✔️Embedded participant
ethyl alcohol ✔️ETOH
Educational materials or methods that have been proven through rigorous evaluation and research. ✔️Evidence-based
The process of making meaning from direct experience. ✔️Experiential learning
the extent to which a test is subjectively viewed as covering the concept that it purports to measure ✔️Face validity
Any activity which makes tasks for others easy, or tasks that are assisted. ✔️Facilitation
Information given or dialogue between participants, facilitator, simulator, peer with the intention of improving the understanding of concepts
or aspects of performance. ✔️Feedback
fetal heart monitor ✔️FHM
fetal heart rate ✔️FHR
Describes the level of realism associated with a particular simulation activity. ✔️Fidelity
Evaluation wherein the evaluator's focus is on the learner's progress toward goal achievement. A process for determining the competence of a
person engaged in a healthcare activity for the purpose of providing constructive feedback for the person to improve. ✔️Formative evaluation
finger stick blood sugar ✔️FSBS
A realistic, full-body, wireless manikin which offers comprehensive clinical functionality to teach the core skills of airway, breathing, cardiac, and
circulation management. ✔️Full body patient simulator
A device or scenario that allows simulation of tasks related to applicable learners for a given operational requirement. It is capable of simulating
the operational environment (e.g. audio, visual, and tactile) to achieve maximum realism and training effectiveness. ✔️Full scale simulation
The process used by the facilitator during debriefing that reinforces the critical aspects of the experience and encourages insightful learning,
allowing the participant to assimilate theory, practice, and research in order to influence future actions. ✔️guided reflection
Tactile feedback technology which takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. ✔️haptic
a broad range of full-body manikins that have the ability to mimic, at a very high level, human body functions ✔️High fidelity simulator
assessment having important consequences for the test taker; serves as a basis for a major decision; Has the following; a single, defined
assessment, has clear distinction between those who pass or fail, and has direct consequences for passing or failing. ✔️High-stakes assessment
hypotension ✔️HoTN