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Medical and health care qualifications

the boards

noun

board exams

board exams

noun

a set of tests you take to be allowed to work in a particular area as a doctor, nurse etc

MB

noun

Bachelor of Medicine: a first degree in medicine

MD

noun

Doctor of Medicine: a high-level degree in medicine

premed

noun

in the US, a degree or set of classes that you take in college before you go to medical school

specialty

noun

a particular area of medicine that someone is an expert in

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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picture messaging

the sending of images and photographs from one mobile phone to another

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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