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Diary of a Residents Wife

10/27/2014

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We have a new blog series to introduce to you today. We are calling it Diary of a Residents Wife and it will have a collection of posts from different members of Medical Partners. Today's edition of Diary of a Resident's Wife comes to us from Emily Miska.

Diary of a Resident's Wife: Acronym Confession

I’m here to make a confession on behalf of my husband. Now, that may seem strange, but bear with me here for a few minutes while I explain.

His name is Paul and he’s an acronym-aholic. (“Hi, Paul”). I’m not sure if the rest of you feel the way I do about these medical acronyms, but I pretty much loathe them. No matter how many times Paul tells me what the letters stand for, I can never remember. I should probably be a better wife and put more effort into committing the meanings to memory, but somehow I have managed to put off learning them for 3+ years of residency.

Whether it’s CA-1, PGY-3, ASA, CRNA, ASC, AFIB, AOD, AOA, SICU, DAW or the nine million others floating around in my dinner conversation, I find myself creating some of my own just to pass the time (and to alleviate my occasional boredom).

So, without further ado, I’ll share some of my own little acronyms to see if the rest of you can relate . . .

YLMAHA – You Lost Me An Hour Ago. Self-explanatory for the aforementioned acronym-filled conversations.

YFADTM – You Fell Asleep During The Movie. When they wake up and want you to explain the plot for a 1.5 hour movie, for which they were only awake for the opening credits.

YMDA – You Missed Dinner Again. Womp womp.

IMOMNBL – I May Or May Not Be Listening. More often than I’d like to admit.

ITIRT – Is That In Resident Time? Because “I’ll be home soon” in Resident Time means “I’ll be home when I finish rotating with my patients, complete my notes, change out of my scrubs, walk to my car, and drive home.” AKA five million hours later.

WDATTCF – Where Did All These Textbooks Come From? Anyone else’s textbook stash seem to quadruple every two months? I know ours does.

NFENB – Night Float Equals Netflix Binge. Need I say more?

Some of these are sillier than others, but hey . . . we’ve got to keep things interesting, right!? Anyone else have any made-up acronyms to share? Bonus points for explanations!

Have a great week!

Emily

 

Emily is a part-time event coordinator/part-time puppy mama to Tater, an English Bulldog. She and her husband Paul (4th year Anesthesia resident) live in Iowa City and are getting excited about the next chapter in their lives – a Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship in Milwaukee starting in July! 
3 Comments
Ashley
10/27/2014 02:55:22 pm

Haha! Loved this. I may have to start using your acrynoms in my conversations.

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Jess H
10/27/2014 04:53:05 pm

This. Is. Awesome.

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Rachel
10/28/2014 08:53:06 am

I can't even describe how fitting this is. Thanks Emily!

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