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AAGBI Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland
ACTA Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
AFRCA Associate Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
BSc Bachelor of Science
BNF British National Formulary
Cantab University of Cambridge
C3R2 Cambridge Centre for Cardiovascular & Respiratory Research
CCST Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training
CCT Certificate of Completion of Training
DA Diploma in Anaesthetics
DA(UK) Diploma in Anaesthetics
DESAR Diplôme d'Enseignement Spécialisé en Anésthesie at Réanimation
DObstRCOG Diploma in Obsteterics of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
EAAA East Anglian Anaesthetists Association
EACTA European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
EAICG East Anglia Intensive Care Group
ESA European Society of Anaesthesiology
EWCI European Workgroup of Cardiothoracic Intensivists
FANZCA Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
FCAnaes* Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists
FFARACS Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons
FFARCS* Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons
FFARCSI Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
FFPMRCA Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
FRCA Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (*Replaced FFARCS, FCAnaes & FRCAnaes in 1992)
FRCAnaes* Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
FRCP Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FTTA Fixed Term Training Appointment
HACS Haematologists Associated to Cardiac Surgery Association
IACTA Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists
IARS International Anesthesia Research Society
ICS Intensive Care Society
ILT Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
ILTM Member of the Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
IREF International Research & Education Foundation
ISABI International Society for Artificial Cells, Blood Substitute & Immobilization Biotechnology
JCHTA Joint Committee on Higher Specialist Training in Anaesthesia
LAT Locum Appointment for Training
LRCP Licenciate of the Royal College of Physicians
MA Master of Arts
MB ChB Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MB BS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
McSPI Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischaemia
MD Doctor of Medicine (Docteur en Médecine, Chirurgie et Accouchments)
MRCP Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MRCP(UK) Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

MRCS

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons

NATA Network for Alternatives in Transfusions
NBE National Board of Echocardiography
RCPL Royal College of Physicians of London
RSM Royal Society of Medicine (London)
SCCM Society for Critical Care Medicine
SFAR Société Française d'Anésthesie et Réanimation
SpR Specialist Registrar
TOE Transoesophageal Echocardiography
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