| LCGME | Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education |
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| CME | cervical mediastinal exploration; continuing medical education; Council on Medical Education; crude ... |
| DNE | Director of Nursing Education; Doctor of Nursing Education |
| EVFMG | exchange visitor foreign medical graduate |
| FMG | five-mesh gauze; foreign medical graduate |
| education | The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. "To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge." (H. Spenser) Synonym: Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct. Origin: L. Educatio; cf. F. Education. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| education, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform individuals of recent advances in their particular field of interest. They do not lead to any formal advanced standing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, dental | Use for articles concerning dental education in general. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, dental, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform dentists of recent advances in their fields. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for administering educational and training activities pertaining to health for patients and staff. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, medical | Use for general articles concerning medical education. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, medical, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform physicians of recent advances in their field. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, medical, undergraduate | The period of medical education in a medical school. In the united states it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the m.d. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nonprofessional | Education and training outside of that for the professions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing | Use for general articles concerning nursing education. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, associate | A two-year program in nursing education in a community or junior college leading to an a.d. (associate degree). Graduates of this program are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, baccalaureate | A four-year program in nursing education in a college or university leading to a b.s.n. (bachelor of science in nursing). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform nurses of recent advances in their fields. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, diploma programs | Programs usually offered in hospital schools of nursing leading to a registered nurse diploma (rn). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
| education of mentally retarded | The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning. (12 Dec 1998) |