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Boyertown Posted 23 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

Medical Titles and Their Abbreviations

Greetings:

First time user.

Is there a listing/web site/reference available of the various subject abbreviations that I could go to for ensuring that I am utilizing the OFFICIAL and CORRECT abbreviation of a person's title?

I am interested in a listing similar to this:

MD
PhD
PA

etc.

Any suggestions (within social bounds) would be appreciated.

Thank you.
  

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Hello, Boyertown: 'Don't know of any offical list of these abbreviations but they are generally found in nursing textbooks. I am a Nursing Instructor and we teach these in the first semester... or rather, we review them since most of our students are familiar with them.

  • Hello, Boyertown: 'Don't know of any offical list of these abbreviations but they are generally found in nursing textbooks.
  • I am a Nursing Instructor and we teach these in the first semester...
  • or rather, we review them since most of our students are familiar with them.
  • If this is of any help, here are some Canadian and American titles and abbreviations....
  • MD = doctor GP = General Physician (your family doctor)...
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Hello, Boyertown:
'Don't know of any offical list of these abbreviations but they are generally found in nursing textbooks. I am a Nursing Instructor and we teach these in the first semester... or rather, we review them since most of our students are familiar with them.
If this is of any help, here are some Canadian and American titles and abbreviations....

MD = do
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Could you please send any information regarding "DO". I recently visited a general medical doctor that had this after his name.

Thanks for your help,
Rebecca
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Yes. It was a big help. Thank you.

Jerry
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Rebecca:

Here is some information.

A doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) is a physician licensed to perform surgery and prescribe medication. Like an M.D., an osteopath completes 4 years of medical school and can choose to practice in any specialty of medicine. However, osteopaths receive an additional 300 to 500 hours in the study of hands-on manual medicine and the body's
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I came across your question while I was looking for the same thing. Copy and paste the above link. It's probably to late for whatever you needed it for.
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This was great - perfect description and very useful in my search.
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what does the abbreviation OD stand for?
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OD - Doctor of Optomery; Optometrist.
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This is a more comprehensive listing of professional abbreviations.
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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

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