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[scrub-jay]

It can be either, or when you're mad it can be "damn'" ....

hahaha...I love it!!

HAHA!

Its funny... I always thought it was "Darling Husband, Darling Wife etc" too!

So.....on for my question, what is PGY and all of the other acronyms that you all use in your signatures?

I mean i figured out that MS1, MS2 means medical school 1st year etc....

[SuzySunshine]

PGY is post graduate year, so my husband is in his 6th year of residency or PGY-6.

aha!! That makes so much sense now...why couldnt I get that before?

[ladymoreta]

Don't worry - it's all very confusing. Then your DH may come home using his own acronym for his "stage" in training... For example, in anesthesiology, they have four years: Intern, then CA1 - CA3. (CA is Clinical Anesthesia.) So he always says he's a CA1, but has to clarify to people that it's his second year of his residency program. I think the PGY system makes so much more sense!

[oceanchild]

Don't worry - it's all very confusing. Then your DH may come home using his own acronym for his "stage" in training... For example, in anesthesiology, they have four years: Intern, then CA1 - CA3. (CA is Clinical Anesthesia.) So he always says he's a CA1, but has to clarify to people that it's his second year of his residency program. I think the PGY system makes so much more sense!

Right, and pediatrics uses PL (pediatric level, I think). So my husband is a PL-1.

I was out with a bunch of the residents last night, and they were complaining about not knowing what all of the nursing acronyms mean.

"Are you the nurse for this patient?"
"No, I'm just a CNA."
"Uh, ok... does that mean you can do this thing for me?"

Speaking of acronyms:

I went to my husband's radiology year-end celebration, and some of the docs were talking about a really hard case. One doc was saying that her report was so horrible and it went like this (I'm making up letters, but it sounded like), "WJL, PNQ, MFY, DRB, etc." She said that she wasn't sure if she was right, but she was so sad for the patient and their family. I spoke up (being the smarty pants that I am) and said, "Maybe you should have just written OMG and left it at that." **crickets chirping** Then, one resident finally chuckled, and then everyone started cracking up... nerds!

[bokelley]

Speaking of acronyms:

I went to my husband's radiology year-end celebration, and some of the docs were talking about a really hard case. One was saying that her report was so horrible and it went like this (I'm making up letters, but it sounded like, "WJL, PNQ, MFY, DRB, etc." She said that she wasn't sure if she was right, but she was so sad for the patient and their family. I spoke up (being the smarty pants that I am) and said, "Maybe you should have just written OMG and left it at that." **crickets chirping** Then, one resident finally chuckled, and then everyone started cracking up... nerds!

Wow sounds like my DH will be a perfect RAD. He is such a nerd too!!