Glossary
The agreed statewide meaning of terms used on this site. Each term means one thing everywhere on the site.
- Clinical coach
- A clinician who supports learning and assessment at the point of care.
- Education Plan
- A short plan, in SBAR format, that you complete and get endorsed before you build a new education resource.
- Education resource register
- The record of every published resource, with its resource ID, version, owner and review date.
- Education steering group
- The group in each unit that reviews its Requisite Education Framework and education needs.
- Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
- One of the 16 public health service organisations in Queensland. Each has a local section on this site under Your HHS.
- Learning management system (LMS)
- The system your HHS uses to enrol staff in courses and record training. Each HHS has its own.
- Owner
- The role responsible for a resource: keeping it current, reviewing it and answering questions about it.
- Requisite Education Framework (REF)
- A unit-level summary of the mandatory and role-requisite education for nurses and midwives.
- Resource ID
- The unique code given to a resource when it’s registered, for example EG-042. Keep it when you adapt the resource.
- SBAR
- Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation: a structured format used for the Education Plan.
- Transition support program (TSP)
- Structured modules that support nurses and midwives moving into a new specialty.
More terms will be added as the working group agrees them. Can’t find a term? Accessibility and feedback explains how to ask.