Inclusive Just-In-Time Training

Glossary

A

Adopting: In this module, adopting means deciding to use Inclusive JITT principles in an agency's training program.

Aligning: In this module, aligning means modifying training materials to adhere to Inclusive JITT principles.

B

Behavioral need: The desire of an emergency responder to do, or practice, a specific task in an emergency response.

Best practice: A technique, method, process, or activity that is believed to be more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, or activity when applied to a particular circumstance.

C

Cultural context: The individual, group, or organizational characteristics influencing the emergency response environment.

D

Didactic: Involving lecture and textbook instruction rather than demonstration or laboratory study.

E

Emotional need: The desire of an emergency responder to feel comfortable and confident when doing a specific task in an emergency response.

I

Inclusive Just-In-Time Training (JITT): Inclusive JITT is a deliberate integration of learning principles, learning styles, and cultural context into a surge response training environment.

Intellectual need: The desire of an emergency responder to know certain information during an emergency response.

J

Job Action Sheet: A resource that outlines specific job duties in an emergency response role.

K

Kinesthetic: A learning style where the student learns by carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration.

L

Learning styles: The different ways people learn, such as auditory (lectures), visual (diagrams), and hands-on (practice).

M

Mass prophylaxis: High throughput operations to dispense medications or adminster vaccines during a public health emergency. This procedure is also known as Points of Dispensing, or PODs.

N

National Incident Management System (NIMS): National system guiding and coordinating the efforts of all organizations that prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents of any cause, size, or complexity.

P

Public health investigation: Determining the cause of a naturally occuring outbreak, food-borne related illness, or chemical threat and its impact in an effort to guide public health interventions.

R

Responders: Staff and volunteers from local health departments and partner organizations who take part in emergency response operations.

Response organization: People organized under a management structure that delegates roles, responsibilities, and authority to carry out defined tasks to achieve objectives and mitigate adverse impacts during an emergency.

S

Sense of duty: Feeling personally and professionally motivated and obligated to contribute to public health emergency response efforts.

Surge: Rapidly expanding the existing local health department's capacity to provide public health services to the affected community.

T

Tailoring: In this module, tailoring means changing Inclusive JITT training materials to fit an organization's emergency response needs.

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