Glossary
If you have run into a term or more likely acronym that you are unfamiliar with, we hope this page will be of use.
General Acronyms Glossary
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DB |
Designated Body |
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GMC |
General Medical Council |
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BMA |
British Medical Association |
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IMG |
International Medical Graduates |
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MPL / NPL |
Medical Performers List / National Performers List |
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GMP |
Good Medical Practice 2024 |
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PP |
Practicing Privileges Doctor |
Appraisal and Training Acronyms
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MSF |
Colleague feedback (Multi Source Feedback) |
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PSQ/PSS |
Patient feedback (Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire/Survey) |
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QA/QI |
Quality Assurance/Improvement |
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QIA |
Quality Improvement Activity |
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SUPPORTS QI |
Quality improvement tool to check quality of appraisal outputs and summary documents |
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PDP |
Personal Development Plan |
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PDR |
Performance Development Review |
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SI/SE |
Significant Incident/Significant Event |
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ESR |
Educational Supervisor's Report |
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ARCP |
Annual review of competence progression |
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CCT |
Certificate for Completion of Training |
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STP |
Specialty Training Posts |
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VTS |
Vocational Training Schemes |
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CASA |
Current Appraiser Skills Assessment |
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NAT |
New Appraiser Training |
HR Acronyms
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DPO |
Data Protection Officer |
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GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulations |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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ToE |
Terms of Engagement |
Medical Royal Colleges Acronyms
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AoMRC |
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges |
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RCEM |
Royal College of Emergency Medicine |
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RCoA |
Royal College of Anaesthetists |
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RCGP |
Royal College of General Practioners |
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RCOG |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
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RCOphth |
Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
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RCPCH |
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
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RCPath |
Royal College of Pathologists |
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RCP |
Royal College of Physicians of London |
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RCPsych |
Royal College of Psychiatrists |
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RCR |
Royal College of Radiologists |
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RCS |
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
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RSM |
Royal Society of Medicine |
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BCAM |
British College of Aesthetic Medicine |
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BCOM |
British College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Medical Faculties Acronyms
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FICM |
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine |
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FOM |
Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
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FMLM |
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management |
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FFLM |
Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine |
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FPM |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
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FPH |
Faculty of Public Health |
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FH |
Faculty of Homeopathy |