Glossary

There are a truly dizzying number of acronyms and terms across education and healthcare. See something that’s unclear? It’s not you… It’s me! A jargon glossary is in the works. In the meantime, drop me a note to ask a question or nominate a confusing word for inclusion.

“Health care professionals regularly use jargon when communicating with patients, despite acknowledging that it should be avoided…. The mismatch between our intent to avoid jargon and the reality of our frequent use of it has been called jargon oblivion.”