Office of Medical Student Education - Decoding Clinical Abbreviations/Acronyms

Physical Exam

100

HR

What is... Heart Rate

200

BP

What is... Blood Pressure

300

W-C-R

What is...Wheezes - Crackles - Rales 

400

TTP

What is.... Tenderness to Palpitation 

500

WDWN

What is...Well-Developed, Well- Nourished

Healthcare Team Members

100

APP

What is ... Advanced Practice Provider

200

PGY "#"

What is ...Post Graduate Year (1, 2, 3) 

300

CD

What is... Clerkship Director

400

PAR

What is...Patient Access Representative 

500

DIO

What is... Designated Institutional Officer

Medical Education

100

UME

What is...Undergraduate Medical Education

200

GME 

What is ... Graduate Medical Education 

300

LCME 

What is ... Liaison Committee of Medical Education 

400

AAMC

What is...Association of American Medical Colleges

500

NBME

What is ... National Board of Medical Examiners

Clinical Encounter

100

HOB

What is ... Head of Bed 

200

DNI

What is... Do Not Intubate

300

DDx

What is... Differential Diagnosis

400

Rx

What is... Prescription 

500

VBCG

What is... Value Based Care Guidelines

Testing/Studies

100

EKG/ECG

What is...Electrocardiogram

200

CT

What is...Computed Tomography

300

MRI

What is ... Magnetic Resonance Imaging

400

EEG

What is... Electrocephalogram

500

POCUS

What is ... Point of Care Ultrasound