Open Academy · MINC-OPEN-005
Common Medical Abbreviations, Decoded
The shorthand on a chart, a referral note or a lab form, and the handful that are dangerous enough that most hospitals have banned them.
1 CPD credit hour · 5 one-hour units · 300 minutes · Free
Units
- Abbreviations on a prescription (60 min)
- Abbreviations on a laboratory form (60 min)
- Abbreviations in a referral or discharge note (60 min)
- The banned ones, and why they were banned (60 min)
- When to write the words out in full (60 min)