NAEMSE vocab Test 2023-2024
Accreditation - ANSWER To give official authorization to or approval of; to recognize (as an
educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to
high or more specialized institutions or for professional practice.
Affective domain - ANSWER Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with feelings, thoughts and
values.
Analytic learner - ANSWER Learning preference dealing with how a learner prefers to take in
information; prefers to look at details, steps and minute elements.
Attribution - ANSWER Regarding education; this is a though process where an individual
assigns responsibility for something.
Auditory preference - ANSWER A learner preference describing how a learner prefers to
receive information; prefers the sense of hearing over other senses.
Certification - ANSWER The issuing of a certificate by a private agency based upon standards
adopted by that agency that are based upon competency.
Clinical instructor - ANSWER A member of the EMS education team whose focus in teaching
is the clinical setting. Works very closely with students in a real patient care environment
Clinical setting - ANSWER Generally an actual patient care environment where student will
interact with real or simulated patients to practice skills or to demonstrate skills proficiency
CoAEMSP - ANSWER Provides accreditation services for paramedic programs; its primary
goal is to foster partnerships with educational programs in continuous quality improvements.
Cognitive domain - ANSWER Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with thinking and knowledge.
Cohort Group - ANSWER Several students who are attending a course together.
Continuing education - ANSWER The continual process of life-long learning that involves
learning new content materials. It is different from refresher education which is a review of
previously learned content.
Curriculum - ANSWER A particular course of study, offered in a special field.
Depth and breadth - ANSWER Refers to how far into a level of learning one should go in
teaching it and the amount of material that is covered.
, Didactic instruction - ANSWER Designed or intended to teach. Can be presented through
lecture, small group work, problem-based learning, etc.
Discipline - ANSWER Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior.
Domains of learning - ANSWER A method of categorizing learning into like groupings:
cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
DOT-NSC currinculum - ANSWER Department of Transportation National Standard
Educational Objective - ANSWER The outcome/goal of the teaching/training conducted; the
desired knowledge to be imparted.
Entry level - ANSWER Refers to the novice or new EMS educator who has completed a
formalized course of study of the body of knowledge proscribed by the EMS instructor
curricula.
Emergency Medical Services - ANSWER Collective name for all levels of certification or
licensure for individuals who provide out-of-hospital patient care.
EMS Agenda for the Future - ANSWER Public document finalized in 1996 that focuses on
aspects of EMS related to emergency care outside traditional health care facilities.
Formative evaluation - ANSWER Process of evaluation that is conducted while training is in
progress. It may be formal or informal but is generally designed to provide the instructor and
student with a snapshot of where they are currently compared to where they want to be.
Global learner - ANSWER Learning preference dealing with how a learned prefers to take in
information; prefers to look at the big picture first and then break it up into chunks to study.
Kinesthetic preference - ANSWER A learner preference describing how a learner prefers to
receive information; prefers the sense of touch over the other senses to learn.
Laboratory instructor - ANSWER Member of the EMS education team whose primary
responsibility is to assist students in learning psychomotor skills.
Learning style - ANSWER A preferred mode or method a learner has that is unique to the
way they perceive, store and retrieve knowledge and information.
Lesson plan - ANSWER An instruction tool that allows the educator to map out their plan for
learning for a given time frame.
Metacognition - ANSWER The process of thinking about thinking. Taking deliberate steps to
look at the processes one goes through to problem solve.
Accreditation - ANSWER To give official authorization to or approval of; to recognize (as an
educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to
high or more specialized institutions or for professional practice.
Affective domain - ANSWER Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with feelings, thoughts and
values.
Analytic learner - ANSWER Learning preference dealing with how a learner prefers to take in
information; prefers to look at details, steps and minute elements.
Attribution - ANSWER Regarding education; this is a though process where an individual
assigns responsibility for something.
Auditory preference - ANSWER A learner preference describing how a learner prefers to
receive information; prefers the sense of hearing over other senses.
Certification - ANSWER The issuing of a certificate by a private agency based upon standards
adopted by that agency that are based upon competency.
Clinical instructor - ANSWER A member of the EMS education team whose focus in teaching
is the clinical setting. Works very closely with students in a real patient care environment
Clinical setting - ANSWER Generally an actual patient care environment where student will
interact with real or simulated patients to practice skills or to demonstrate skills proficiency
CoAEMSP - ANSWER Provides accreditation services for paramedic programs; its primary
goal is to foster partnerships with educational programs in continuous quality improvements.
Cognitive domain - ANSWER Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with thinking and knowledge.
Cohort Group - ANSWER Several students who are attending a course together.
Continuing education - ANSWER The continual process of life-long learning that involves
learning new content materials. It is different from refresher education which is a review of
previously learned content.
Curriculum - ANSWER A particular course of study, offered in a special field.
Depth and breadth - ANSWER Refers to how far into a level of learning one should go in
teaching it and the amount of material that is covered.
, Didactic instruction - ANSWER Designed or intended to teach. Can be presented through
lecture, small group work, problem-based learning, etc.
Discipline - ANSWER Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior.
Domains of learning - ANSWER A method of categorizing learning into like groupings:
cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
DOT-NSC currinculum - ANSWER Department of Transportation National Standard
Educational Objective - ANSWER The outcome/goal of the teaching/training conducted; the
desired knowledge to be imparted.
Entry level - ANSWER Refers to the novice or new EMS educator who has completed a
formalized course of study of the body of knowledge proscribed by the EMS instructor
curricula.
Emergency Medical Services - ANSWER Collective name for all levels of certification or
licensure for individuals who provide out-of-hospital patient care.
EMS Agenda for the Future - ANSWER Public document finalized in 1996 that focuses on
aspects of EMS related to emergency care outside traditional health care facilities.
Formative evaluation - ANSWER Process of evaluation that is conducted while training is in
progress. It may be formal or informal but is generally designed to provide the instructor and
student with a snapshot of where they are currently compared to where they want to be.
Global learner - ANSWER Learning preference dealing with how a learned prefers to take in
information; prefers to look at the big picture first and then break it up into chunks to study.
Kinesthetic preference - ANSWER A learner preference describing how a learner prefers to
receive information; prefers the sense of touch over the other senses to learn.
Laboratory instructor - ANSWER Member of the EMS education team whose primary
responsibility is to assist students in learning psychomotor skills.
Learning style - ANSWER A preferred mode or method a learner has that is unique to the
way they perceive, store and retrieve knowledge and information.
Lesson plan - ANSWER An instruction tool that allows the educator to map out their plan for
learning for a given time frame.
Metacognition - ANSWER The process of thinking about thinking. Taking deliberate steps to
look at the processes one goes through to problem solve.
