| AACs |
Advisory Appointment Committees |
| AAO |
American Academy of Ophthalmology |
| ADR |
Annual Deanery Report |
| AHPO |
Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology |
| ARCP |
Annual Record of Competency Progression |
| ASR |
Annual Specialty Report |
| ASTO |
Advanced Sub-specialty Training Opportunity (superseded – see TSC) |
| BAOP |
British Association of Ocular Pathologists |
| BCLA |
British Contact Lens Association |
| BJO |
British Journal of Ophthalmology |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
| BMS |
Basic Microsurgical Skills |
| BST |
Basic Specialist Training |
| BOAS |
British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society |
| BOPSS |
British Oculo-Plastic Surgery Society |
| BOS |
British Orthoptic Society |
| BOSU |
British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit |
| BSRS |
British Society for Refractive Surgery |
| CCT |
Certificate of Completion of Training |
| CCST |
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (no longer issued) |
| CEEHST |
Certificate of Eligibility for Entry into Higher Specialist Training (no longer issued) |
| CESR |
Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration |
| CESR (CP) |
Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (Combined Programme) |
| CEX |
Clinical Evaluation Exercise |
| CME |
Continuing Medical Education |
| COPMeD |
Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the UK |
| CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
| DH |
Department of Health |
| DOPS |
Direct Observation of Practical Skills |
| DRCOphth |
Diploma of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| EWTD |
European Working Time Directive |
| FRCOphth |
Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| FRCSEd |
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| FTSTA |
Fixed Term Specialty Training Appointment |
| FTTA |
Fixed Term Training Appointment |
| GMC |
General Medical Council |
| GOC |
General Optical Council |
| GP |
General Practitioner |
| HEE |
Health Education England |
| HES |
Hospital Eye Service |
| HST |
Higher Specialist Training |
| IELTS |
International English Language Testing System |
| IOO |
Institute of Ophthalmology |
| ISTCs |
Independent Sector Treatment Centres |
| LAG |
Lay Advisory Group |
| LAS |
Locum Appointment Service |
| LAT |
Locum Appointment Training |
| LETB |
Local Education and Training Board (previously/still referred to as Deanery) |
| MBBS |
Bachelor of Medicine |
| MB ChB |
Bachelor of Surgery |
| MCQ |
Multiple Choice Question |
| MD |
Doctor of Medicine |
| MMC |
Modernising Medical Careers |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council |
| MRCOphth |
Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| MRCSEd |
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| MSF |
Multi-Source Feedback |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NHS MEE |
NHS Medical Education England |
| NICE |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |
| OMP |
Ophthalmic Medical Practitioner |
| OSATS |
Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills |
| OST |
Ophthalmic Specialist Training |
| OTG |
Ophthalmologists in Training Group |
| PAT |
Peer Assessment Tool |
| PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
| PLAB |
Professional Linguistics Assessment Board Examination |
| PMETB |
Postgraduate Medical and Education Training Board (no longer exists) |
| PRHO |
Pre-registration House Officer |
| RITA |
Record of In-Training Assessment (no longer issued) |
| RNIB |
Royal National Institute for the Blind |
| SATQ |
Self-Assessment of Training Quality |
| SHA |
Strategic Health Authority |
| SHO |
Senior House Officer |
| SpR |
Specialist Registrar |
| StR |
Specialty Registrar |
| STC |
Specialty Training Committee |
| TSC |
Trainee Selected Component |
| UKISCRS |
United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons |
| WpBA |
Workplace Based Assessment |
| WHO |
World Health Organisation |
