Boyertown  +  70390 Thu, 27 Jan 05 04:36 PM http://diabetes.about.com/cs/referenceshelf/l/bl_degrees_def.htm This is a more comprehensive listing of professional abbreviations. Boyertown Abbreviations

	Melodie  +  70405 Thu, 27 Jan 05 06:17 PM Hi! I know we are on the page for medical titles and their abbreviations but I thought I might remind everyone that the abbreviation OD is also a direction in a medication order. It means 'right eye' . Bye for now....... Melodie Melodie Joined on Fri, Nov 28 2003 New Member 35 Abbreviations

	nord1233  +  71745 Wed, 02 Feb 05 07:07 PM Thanks, everyone - this was a good start for me. Here's another site: www.harvardvanguard.org/glossary.html. I'm building a category list of professional titles for an Electronic Medical Record, and I'm finding that the letters used for titles vary widely (and wildly): here in MN, a Certified Nurse Midwife is referred to as a "Traditional Midwife"! nord1233 Joined on Wed, Feb 2 2005 New Member 01

	Melodie  +  71803 Thu, 03 Feb 05 02:33 AM Hi: FACS in conjunction with the title MD stands for Fellow of the American Medical Association. In Canada it is usually FRCPSC Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For those readers unfamilar with how to actually write this, here is an example: S. Jugaru, MD, FACS . There is a requirement that a doctor include these initials to demonstrate current license to practice. Melodie

	Melodie  +  71804 Thu, 03 Feb 05 02:45 AM Dear nord1233: For the readers who are not familiar with the good old US of A, perhaps you should tell what MN stands for? I applaud your attempt to make an list of professional titles. Just as it is with career-specific English for medical purposes, you will find different titles, different names for procedures and equipment, etc. all around the world. English is made up of sooooooo many dialects! Adding an academic or techical career only compounds the matter. Some other examples you might like to look at are: LPN = Licensed Practical Nurse in most parts of Canada and the USA but this is not necessarily so. Perhaps readers will write in and clarify? A Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Canada (3 yr diploma or 4 yr degree) is an RPN but in the UK might be a RMN: Registered Mental Health Nurse. For example, does anyone know their title in Holland? Australia? Ethiopia? Jamaica? Bermuda? New Zealand? Ireland? (In the province of Ontario, Canada, an RPN is a Registered Practical Nurse otherwise known as an LPN in other places!) Sometimes registered nurses are referred to as GN's and LGN's. Do you know what that means? These latter two apply to any of your students who are trying to find work in an English-speaking country. Does anyone know what they mean (I'll explain if needed). Bye for now.... Melodie Melodie Dialects