Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Village Health Volunteer(also: VHV, Health Volunteer, Mor Prom)
- A locally-recruited lay community health worker who serves as a trusted bridge between formal healthcare services and households in rural or underserved areas. In Thailand, VHVs are trained and coordinated by the Ministry of Public Health (typically with around 70 hours of…
- Virtual Patient(also: Virtual Client, Simulated Patient, Virtual Standardized Patient)
- A virtual patient is a computer-generated simulation of a person with specific health conditions or disabilities, used in clinical education to allow healthcare students to practise assessment, diagnosis, and interaction skills in a safe, repeatable environment. Virtual patients…
- Vision Therapy(also: Visual Training, Orthoptics, Eye Training)
- A program of visual activities and exercises prescribed to improve visual skills and processing, often used to treat conditions like amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency. Vision therapy can include in-office sessions and at-home exercises, and increasingly…
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