Explaination of Doctors Qualifications

A Guide to Medical and Healthcare Qualification Abbreviations (UK)

AbbreviationMeaning
BMBachelor of Medicine
BSBachelor of Surgery
ChBBachelor of Surgery (Chirurgiae Baccalaureus)
MBChBBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
BMedSciBachelor of Medical Sciences
DFSRHDiplomate of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
DCHDiploma in Child Health
DRCOGDiploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
DFFPDiploma of the Faculty of Family Planning
LMSLicentiate in Medicine and Surgery
MRCGPMember of the Royal College of General Practitioners
MScMaster of Science