Glossary
A short glossary of terms is provided below.
AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges
ABSTD Association of Basic Science Teachers in Dentistry
ADEE Association for Dental Education in Europe
AHIS Animal Health Information Specialists
ALT Association for Learning Technology
AMA American Medical Association
ASCILITE Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
ASME Association for the Study of Medical Education (more)
AVTRW Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers
BDA British Dental Association
BDJ British Dental Journal online
BEBA Best Evidence-Based Assessment
Becta British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
BEME Best Evidence Medical Education
BIDS Bath Information and Data Service
BIOME BIOME
BMA British Medical Association
CAIPE Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education
CASTLE Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning
CBE Community-Based Education
CBE Community-Based Education
CBL Community-Based Learning
CBT Community-Based Teaching
CEBE Centre for Education in the Built Environment
CETIS Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Servce
CETL Centre for excellence in learning and teaching
CHES Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences
CHEST Combined Higher Education Software Team
CHMS Council of Heads of Medical Schools
CME Continuing Medical Education
COE Clinical Oral Examination
Constructed response questions
CSALT Centre for the Study of Advanced Learning Technologies
CSR Chart Stimulated Recall Oral Examination
CTI Computers in Teaching Initiative (more)
CURL Consortium of University Research Libraries
CVCP Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals
CVT Committee on Vocational Training
DENI Department for Education In Northern Ireland
DfEE Department for Education and Employment
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DHFETE Department Of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (DHFETE) for Northern Ireland
DISinHE Disability and Information System in Higher Education
DNER Distributed National Electronic Resource
EASA European Academic Software Awards
EDINA Edinburgh Data and Information Access
EFFECTS Effective Frameworks for Embedding C&IT with Targeted Support
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
EUNIS European University Information Systems
Faculty-ratings questionnaires
FDTL Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (a HEFCE/DEL funding programme)
FEFC Further Education Funding Council
FERL Further Education Resources for Learning
FILTER Focusing images for learning and teaching- an enriched resource
FMCC Faculty of Medicine Computing Centre at the University of Newcastle
FOCUS Framework for Optimising C&IT Uptake and Support
GC Learning and Teaching Support Network Generic Centre located in York
GDC General Dental Council
GKT Guy's King's and St Thomas' Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and BioMedical Sciences, based in London, United Kingdom
Global minimum essential (core) requirements
Global-rating of live or recorded performance forms
GMC General Medical Council
GME Graduate Medical Education
GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification
HEA Higher Education Academy
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEFCW Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
HEQC The Higher Education Quality Council (now replaced by QAA)
HESDA Higher Education Staff Development Agency
Higher Education Funding Council (HEFC) Created by the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992.
HILP Heartfordshire Integrated Learning Project (a FDTL project)
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
ILT Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
IMS Instructional Management System
Instructional standards compliance
Integration with student information system
JANET The Joint Academic Network
JCALT JISC Committee for Awareness, Liaison and Training
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee
LSC Learning & Skills Council
LSDA Learning & Skills Development Agency
LTDI Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative
LTRI Learning Technology Research Institute
LTS Learning and Teaching Scotland
LTSN HS&P Learning and Teaching Support Network subject centre Health Sciences and Practice
LTSN Learning and Teaching Support Network (funded by the HE funding council)
MADEN Medical And Dental Education Network
MCQ Multiple Choice Questions
MEQ Modified Essay Question
Minimum essential requirements
MLE Managed Learning Enviroment
NCT National Coordination Team
NCT National Co-ordination Team (for FDTL and TLTP)
NHSIA NHS Information Authority
NICTRC The National ICT Research Centre
NILTA National Information and Learning Technology Association
NISS National Information Services and Systems (for UK education and research)
NLN National Learning Network
NTFS National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
OCSLD Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
OMNI Online Medical Internet Resources
OSCE Objective Structured Clinical Examination
PADSHE Personal and Academic Development for Students in Higher Education (an FDTL project)
PBL Problem-Based Learning
PDP Personal Development Plan
PMP Patient Management Problem
Practicability of assessment procedures
QAA Quality Assurance Agency (for higher education)
RAE Research Assessment Exercise
RDN Resource Discovery Network
Resident or Resident physician
SAPHE Self Assessment in Professional and Higher Education (an FDTL project)
SCET Scottish Council for Education Technology
SCOPMDE Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education
SCRE Scottish Council for Research in Education
SEDA Staff and Education Development Assossiation
SEED Science Education Enhancement and Development (an FDTL project)
SEHD Scottish executive health department
SFEFC Scottish further education funding council
SHEC Southern Higher & Further Education Collaboration
SHEFC Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
SOSIG Social Science Information Gateway
SPE Standardized Patient Examination
SRHE Society for Research into Higher Education
SUfI Scottish University for Industry
TALENT Teaching and Learning Using Network Technologies
TALESSI Teaching and Learning at the Environment-Science-Society Interface (an FDTL project)
TC Technology Centre (part of the LTSN)
TechDis Technology for Disabilities Information Service
TLTP Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
TRIADS Tripartite Assessment Delivery System (an FDTL project)
UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
UCISA-TLIG Universities and Colleges Information System Association - Teaching and Learning Information Group
UCoSDA Universities' and Colleges' Staff Development Agency (now HESDA)
UfI University for Industry
UKERNA United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association
Universities UK New name for the Committee Vice-Chancellors and College Principals (CVCP)
USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination
VLE Virtual Learning Environment
We are grateful to Dr A Wojtczak for allowing terms to be added to this glossary from the Glossary of Medical Education Terms at: http://www.iime.org/glossary.htm