Clerkships

An organized and structured representation of a set of interrelated and purposeful competency objects

An umbrella term used to describe any abstract statement of learning or performance expectations

Courses

A widely adopted model for organizing electronic information in a common format, such as XML

A single instructional or assessment activity within the curriculum, such as a lecture, lab, tutorial, exam, etc. "Events" might commonly be referred to as course or clerkship sessions

Expectations

The knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and/or attributes set forth as achievements learners are required to meet in order to successfully complete or advance in an event

The medical education degree program for which curriculum data is being submitted to the Curriculum Inventory. In most cases, this will simply be the M.D. program of the medical school.

A vendor or school that connects to the Web service in order to submit curriculum data to the Curriculum Inventory. Senders must be certified via AAMC’s on-boarding process before the Web service allows them to submit on behalf of a school.