Glossary of School Acronyms
Acronyms are alphabetical (by acronym).
The list below are School of Dentistry specific acronyms that are in addition to the University Governance's glossary found at the bottom of the page.
A
AASUA - Association of Academic Staff - University of Alberta
ACFD - Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry
ACDH - Alberta College of Dental Hygienists
ADA&C - see CDSA - formerly Alberta Dental Association & College
ADEA - American Dental Education Association
ADM - Academic Department Manager
A4A - Access For All (student initiative)
AHS - Alberta Health Services
AOHRU - Applied Oral Health Research Unit
ARO - see FAR - previously Annual Report Online
ASC - Academic Standing Committee
ATS - Academic Teaching Staff
ATSEC - Academic Teaching Staff Evaluation Committee
B
BOMRU - Biomedical Oral Maxillofacial Research Unit
C
CAC - Clinical Academic Colleague &/or Clinical Advisory Committee
CADA - College of Alberta Dental Assistants
CC - Comprehensive Care
CCCA -
CDAC - Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada
CDCP - Canada Dental Care Plan
CDE/ CE - Continuing Dental Education
CDSA - College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta
CHS - College of Health Sciences
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CRDHA - see ACDH - formerly College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta
CS - Central Sterilization
CTL - Centre for Teaching & Learning
CWG - Clinical Working Group (Part of CAC)
D
DA - Dental Assisting / Dental Assistant
DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery
DH - Dental Hygiene
DHYG - Dental Hygiene
DSA - Dental Students' Association
E
ECHA - Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
ERSU - Educational Research & Scholarship Unit
F
FACA - Facility Access Control Administrator
FAR - Faculty Annual Report (previously ARO)
FASPC - Faculty Academic Standing & Promotion Committee (FoMD)
FEC - Faculty Evaluation Committee (FoMD)
FFD - Fund for Dentistry
FGSP - Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
FGSR - see FGSP - previously Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research
FoMD - Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
FP - Finance Partner
G
GPR - General Practice Residency
GRH - Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
GSC - Graduate Studies Committee
H
HMRC - Heritage Medical Research Centre
HRDF - Human Resources Development Fund
HRP/ HP - Human Resources Partner
Hx - History
I
iRSM - Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
IST - Information Services & Technology
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K
Katz - Katz Centre for Pharmacy & Health Research
KEC - Kaye Edmonton Clinic
L
LAWEC - Learner Advocacy, Wellness & Engagement Coordinator
LKS - Li-Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation
M
MDRT - Medical Device Reprocessing Tech
MSB - Medical Sciences Building
N
NASA - Non-Academic Staff Association (Support)
O
OAW - Office of Advocacy & Wellness (FoMD)
OG - Orthodontic Grad
OHC - Oral Health Clinic
OM - Oral Medicine
OMFR - Oral Maxillofacial Radiology
OMFS - Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
P
PAC - Picture Archive Communications System
PG - Periodontology Grad
PGDE / PDE - Postgraduate Dental Education
PIA - Privacy Impact Assessments
Pt - Patient / or Part time
Px - Presentation
Q
QI - Quality Improvement
R
RDA - Registered Dental Assistant
RGC - Revenue Generation Centre
RIEC - Resource & Infrastructure Expenditure Committee (Preclinical & Clinical)
S
SAS - Student & Academic Services
SHINE (Clinic) - Student Health Initiative for the Needs of Edmonton
SoD - School of Dentistry
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
SRG - Student Research Group
SRU - Shared Resource Unit
T
Tx - Treatment
U
UAH - University of Alberta Hospital (also known as WMC)
UT - University Terrace
V
VVC - Van Vliet Centre (Butterdome)
W
WMC / WCM - Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (University of Alberta Hospital)
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