Bachelor of Medicine (graduate degree from a university medical school)
BS or BCh or ChB Bachelor of Surgery (graduate degree from a university
medical school)
BSc
Bachelor of Science
ChD
Doctor of Surgery (Italian universities)
ChM or MS
Master of Surgery (postgraduate degree from a medical school). Optional alternative to graduate degree BS (Syd) from about 1902 to 1925.
CO
Commanding Officer
DObst RACOG Postgraduate Diploma of Royal Australasian College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
DObst RCOG
Postgraduate Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)
DA
Diploma of Anaesthetics (postgraduate award from a royal college)
DCH
Diploma of Child Health (postgraduate award from a medical school)
DipEd
Diploma of Education (postgraduate diploma from a university)
DLO
Diploma of Laryngo-otology (postgraduate award from specialist society)
DO
Diploma of Ophthalmology (postgraduate award from specialist college)
DOMS
Diploma of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery (variation on DO)
DPH
Diploma of Public Health (postgraduate award from a university)
DSO
Distinguished Service Order (military award)
Edin. Edinburgh
Eng. England
ENT
Ear, Nose and Throat specialty
FACRM
Fellow of the Australasian College of Rehabilitation Medicine
FFR
Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists
FRACGP
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
FRACP
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of (Specialist) Physicians
FRACR
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of (Specialist) Radiologists
FRACS
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of (Specialist) Surgeons
FRANZCP
Fellow of the Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists
FRCOG
Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)
FRCS
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Ireland)
FRS
Fellow of the Royal Society, London, usually Medicine
GMO
Government Medical Officer for town or area
HMO
Honorary Medical Officer, i.e. not remunerated for treating non-private hospital patients
HP
House Physician (UK term for Resident Medical Officer/RMO on medical ward, usually same as Resident Medical Officer/ RMO in Australia)
HS
House Surgeon (surgical counterpart of House Physician/HP in UK)
ICU
Intensive Care Unit in hospital (Not to be confused with Expensive Care Unit)
JP
Justice of the Peace in an area, appointed by the Justice Department
JRMO Junior Resident Medical Officer in Australia, usually pre-
registration year, general duties
L&LM
Licentiate in Medicine and Midwifery (from a teaching hospital or medical school)
LFPS
Licentiate of Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
LKQCPI
Licentiate of King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians (Ireland)
LM and LMSA Licentiate in Medicine from a Society of Apothecaries
(registrable basic licence)
LMSSA
Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the (Worshipful) Society of Apothecaries, London
LRCP
Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (usually London)—a graduate qualification
LRCP&S
Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (usually Edinburgh)
LRCS
Licentiate of a Royal College of Surgeons (registrable qualification)
LRFP&S (Glasgow) Licentiate of Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in
Glasgow
M&L Mid RCS Member and Licentiate in Midwifery of a Royal College of
Surgeons
MB
Bachelor of Medicine (graduate degree of a university)
MC
Military Cross
MCh or MS or ChM Master of Surgery (postgraduate degree)
MD
Doctor of Medicine (American graduate qualification), also Doctorate of Medicine (postgraduate degree from a university)
MO
Medical Officer (a registered doctor, civilian or military)
MPH
Master of Public Health (postgraduate degree)
MRACO
Member of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists
MRACR
Member of Australasian College of Radiologists
MRCP
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (usually London), a postgraduate award
MRCS
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons— London/Edinburgh/Glasgow
NEMA
North Eastern Medical Association (of NSW)
RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force
RAAMC
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
RAF
Royal Air Force (British)
RAMC
Royal Army Medical Corps (British)
RAN
Royal Australian Navy
RANR
RAN Reserve
RMO
Resident Medical Officer in a hospital
RSLA
Returned Services League of Australia (formerly RSSAILA)
RSO
Resident Surgical Officer (resident specialist in British hospitals)
SHO
Senior House Officer (in British hospitals)
SM
Stipendiary Magistrate
SRMO Senior Resident Medical Officer in Australia, registered and
above Junior Resident Medical Officer year
VMO
Visiting Medical Officer at a hospital
‘Anxious Moments: A Sick Child, its Grieving Parents, a Nursemaid and a Medical Practitioner’, John Whitehead Walton, 1894 (Wellcome Library Collection, UK)
