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List of Acronyms
The following lists is in a constant state of change. Please notify Don Griffiths (griffi25@msu.edu) of additions, deletions or corrections.
| COM and Osteopathic Terms | |
|---|---|
| AACOMAS | American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service |
| AACOM | American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine |
| AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges |
| AAO | American Academy of Osteopathy |
| ABOMS | Association of Black Osteopathic Medical Students |
| ADM | Admissions |
| AMCAS | American Medical College Admission Services |
| AOA | American Osteopathic Association |
| AOBSPOMM | American Osteopathic Board of Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine |
| AOBFP | American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice |
| AOBPM | American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine |
| AP | Academic Programs |
| BCLS | Basic Cardiac Life Support |
| C&A | Communication and Advocacy |
| CIC | Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| CMDS | Christian Medical and Dental Society |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| COGMET | Consortium for Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education & Training |
| COMLEX | Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination |
| COSE | Committee on Student Evaluation |
| CRM | Certified Rehabilitation Medicine |
| CSW | Certified Social Worker |
| CUHP | Community/University Health Partnership |
| DME | Director of Medical Education |
| D.O. | Doctor of Osteopathy |
| DPR | Doctor-Patient Relationship |
| ECOP | Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles |
| ECP | Extended Curricular Program |
| ERAS | Electronic Residency Application Services |
| EWSH | EW Sparrow Hospital |
| FAAO | Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy |
| FACGP | Fellow American College of General Practice |
| FAO | Financial Aid Office |
| FAOCRM | Fellow American Osteopathic College of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| FAOGP | Fellow American Academy of General Practice |
| FCM | Family and Community Medicine |
| ICOA | Ingham County Osteopathic Association |
| IIH | Institute of International Health |
| IM | Internal Medicine |
| IPHH | Interdisciplinary Program in Health and Humanities |
| IRMC | Ingham Regional Medical Center |
| MAME | Michigan Association of Medical Education |
| MAOPS | Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons (now MOA) |
| MCAT | Medical College Admission Test |
| MCMC | Michigan Capital Medical Center (Now IRMC) |
| MOA | Michigan Osteopathic Association |
| MOCF | Michigan Osteopathic College Foundation |
| MORNET | Michigan Osteopathic Research Network |
| MPH | Masters in Public Health |
| MSUCOM | Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| NAMME | National Association of Minority Medical Educators |
| NBOME | National Board of Medical Examiners |
| OMM | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine |
| OMT | Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy |
| OP&P | Osteopathic Principles & Practice |
| OPTI | Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions |
| OSS | Osteopathic Surgical Specialties |
| PCAC | Primary Care Ambulatory Clerkship |
| PDR | Physician's Desk Reference |
| PM&R | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| RO | Registrar's Office |
| SAM | Society for Adolescent Medicine |
| SSO | Student Services Office |
| SCS | Statewide Campus System |
| SIS | Student Information System |
| SLH | St. Lawrence Hospital |
| SOB | Shortness of Breath |
| SOMA | Student Osteopathic Medical Association |
| STFM | Society for Teachers of Family Medicine |
| UAAO | Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy |
| USMLE | United States Medicine Licensing Examination |
Computer Related
Terms |
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| AOL | America OnLine |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Drafting (and Design) |
| CAI | Computer Assisted Instruction |
| CD | Compact Disc |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc Read-Only Memory |
| CD-RW | Compact Disc Read & Write Memory |
| CMYK | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| DD | Double Density |
| dpi | Dots per inch |
| GB | GigaByte |
| GIF | Graphic Interchange Format |
| HD | Hard Disk |
| HD | High Density |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| MB | MegaByte |
| MODEM | MOdulator/DEModulator |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| Portable-Document Format | |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| Y2K | Year Two-Thousand |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get mode |
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