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Healthcare AI and learning management glossary
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Glossary
- Agentic AI
- AI organised into agents that perform defined tasks within boundaries and approval rules. It does not remove human responsibility.
- Agentic LMS
- A learning management system that uses specialised AI agents in course development or delivery, with defined coordination and governance.
- Agent harness
- The coordination layer that gives agents shared context, permissions and review boundaries.
- Learning management system (LMS)
- Software for organising, delivering and tracking learning programmes and learner activity.
- Learning experience platform (LXP)
- A platform oriented toward discovering and engaging with learning content. Its capabilities can overlap with an LMS.
- AI tutor
- An AI-supported learning assistant that responds to learner questions. Answers still require appropriate source grounding and oversight.
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- An approach that combines retrieved information with model-generated text. Retrieval does not guarantee accuracy.
- Source grounding
- Connecting generated material to an approved collection of evidence and references.
- Hallucination
- AI-generated content that is unsupported, fabricated or incorrect, even when it sounds convincing.
- Human in the loop
- A process that includes human review or decisions within an automated workflow.
- Approval gate
- A defined decision point where an accountable reviewer accepts, revises, rejects or returns work.
- Course governance
- The rules, roles and records used to control course development, approval, updates and release.
- Evidence provenance
- The origin and version of a source, including enough information to trace where a learning claim came from.
- Version control
- Tracking changes to materials over time so reviewers can identify what changed and which version was approved.
- Audit trail
- A record of actions and decisions. Having a record does not itself establish regulatory compliance.
- Curriculum
- The planned structure of learning content, activities, assessments and intended outcomes.
- Instructional design
- Planning learning experiences around learner needs, objectives, activities and assessment.
- Learning objective
- A statement of what a learner should know or be able to demonstrate after learning.
- Learning outcome
- An intended or measured result of learning. Reporting an intended outcome is not evidence that it was achieved.
- Competency
- An ability that brings together knowledge, skills and relevant judgement for a defined task or setting.
- Formative assessment
- Assessment used during learning to identify gaps and guide feedback or further practice.
- Summative assessment
- Assessment used to judge achievement at a defined stage or endpoint.
- Capstone
- An integrative project or assessment that brings together learning across a programme.
- Rubric
- Criteria for evaluating work consistently. A rubric should identify what acceptable performance looks like.
- Certification
- A recognition issued under a defined programme or assessment process. Its issuer and scope must be specified.
- Accreditation
- Formal recognition by an identified accrediting body under its own criteria. It is distinct from a course completion certificate.
- CME and CPD
- Continuing medical education and continuing professional development. Credit and recognition depend on the relevant provider and professional body.
- Localisation
- Adapting learning for a language or context, including terminology, examples and applicable practice requirements.
- Clinical AI literacy
- The knowledge and judgement needed to assess appropriate uses, limitations and risks of AI in clinical contexts.
- Data minimisation
- Limiting collected or processed data to what is necessary for a defined purpose.
- Completion rate
- The proportion of a defined learner group that completes a specified activity. Report the denominator and observation period.
- Baseline
- A measurement taken before an intervention or change, used as a reference for later comparison.
- Transfer of learning
- Applying learning in another task or setting. Course completion alone does not demonstrate transfer.
- SCORM
- A family of specifications used to package and exchange learning content and related tracking information. Support must be verified per platform.
- xAPI
- A specification for recording learning activity statements across systems. Platform support and integration requirements must be checked.