Medical School Acronyms for UEMS* Students
(*University Of Exeter Medical School)
Throughout your time at medical school you'll encounter more acronyms than you will know what to do with, so we've made a list here to help make life easier:
ADB - Academic Database
AMK - Applied Medical Knowledge Test
CDM - Clinical Decision Making
CSRC - Clinical Skills Resource Centre
ELE - Exeter Learning Environment
EOY1 - End of Year 1 Test
GMC - General Medical Council
iCAST - Integrated Clinical Anatomy Spot Test
ISCEs - Combined Examination
LSRC - Life Sciences Resource Centre
MCQs - Multiple Choice Questions
MDU - Medical Defence Union
MPS - Medical Protection Society
PA - Portfolio Analysis
PBL - Problem Based Learning
PCMD - Peninsula Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry
PMS - Peninsula Medical School
PPD - Personal and Professional Development
PPG - Professional Practice Group
EUMS - Exeter Undergraduate Medical Society
EUPS - Exeter Undergraduate Paediatric Society
ExeSS - Exeter Surgical Society
PWMS - Peninsula Wilderness Medical Society
RLO - Reusable Learning Objects
SDL - Self Directed Learning
SSU - Special Study Unit
WAMS - Widening Access to Medical School
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AMK - Applied Medical Knowledge Test
CDM - Clinical Decision Making
CSRC - Clinical Skills Resource Centre
ELE - Exeter Learning Environment
EOY1 - End of Year 1 Test
GMC - General Medical Council
iCAST - Integrated Clinical Anatomy Spot Test
ISCEs - Combined Examination
LSRC - Life Sciences Resource Centre
MCQs - Multiple Choice Questions
MDU - Medical Defence Union
MPS - Medical Protection Society
PA - Portfolio Analysis
PBL - Problem Based Learning
PCMD - Peninsula Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry
PMS - Peninsula Medical School
PPD - Personal and Professional Development
PPG - Professional Practice Group
EUMS - Exeter Undergraduate Medical Society
EUPS - Exeter Undergraduate Paediatric Society
ExeSS - Exeter Surgical Society
PWMS - Peninsula Wilderness Medical Society
RLO - Reusable Learning Objects
SDL - Self Directed Learning
SSU - Special Study Unit
WAMS - Widening Access to Medical School
Image from FreeDigitalPhotos.net