Alphabet Soup
To help you understand the native tongue . . .
| AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges |
| AMSA | American Medical Student Association |
| AMWA | American Medical Women's Association |
| AOA | Alpha Omega Alpha |
| APAMSA | Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association |
| BRB | Bressler Research Building |
| CAM | Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| CAPP | Combined Accelerated Program in Psychiatry |
| CCC | Curriculum Coordinating Committee |
| CIM | Center for Integrative Medicine |
| CMDS | Christian Medical and Dental Society |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| ERAS | Electronic Residency Application Service |
| FMG | Foreign medical graduate (also known as IMG or International medical graduate) |
| FT | Full-time |
| HDID | Host Defense/Infectious Disease |
| HH | Howard Hall |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HSF | Health Science Facility |
| HSF II | Health Science Facility II |
| HS/HSL | Health Sciences/Human Services Library |
| ICM | Introduction to Clinical Medicine |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IMG | International medical graduate |
| LCME | Liaison Committee on Medical Education |
| LOA | Leave of absence |
| MICU | Medical ICU |
| MPRC | Maryland Psychiatric Research Center |
| MSPE | Medical Student Performance Evaluation |
| MS | Medical Student, typically followed by a Roman numeral denoting the year, e.g. MS I |
| MSTF | Medical School Teaching Facility |
| NBME | National Board of Medical Examiners? |
| NRMP | National Residents Matching Program |
| OME | Office of Medical Education |
| OR | Operating Room |
| OSA | Office of Student Affairs |
| OSCE | Objective Structured Clinical Examination |
| OSR | Organization of Student RepresentativesAlso, Office of Student Research |
| OT | Occupational Therapist |
| PAC | Pediatric Ambulatory Center |
| PBL | Problem-based learning |
| PCU | Progressive Care Unit |
| PD | Physical Diagnosis |
| PGY | Post Graduate Year |
| PICU | Pediatric ICU |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| SICU | Surgical ICU |
| SNB | School of Nursing Building |
| SNMA | Student National Medical Association |
| SSEP | Second Summer Education Program |
| SSW | School of Social Work |
| STRTP | Short Term Research Training Program |
| SUB-I | A required four-week Senior rotation in which the student gets to function as an intern |
| TLH | Taylor Lecture Hall |
| UMB | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| UMBC | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| UMGCC | University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center |
| UMCP | University of Maryland College Park |
| UMMC | University of Maryland Medical Center |
| UMMS | University of Maryland Medical System |
| UMPB | University of Maryland Professional Building |
| USGA | Campus-wide student government association |
| USMLE | United States Medical Licensing Examination |
| VAMC, VA | Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center |
Last Revision: January 31, 2013