It bothers me to no end that people constantly call PM&R "PMNR".
I mean, it's not like Linens 'N Things. Or Toys R Us.
I get that people in other fields have no idea what PM&R is, so it doesn't surprise me that they don't know what it's called. But what really bothers me is when someone is applying to PM&R, and they still think it's called PMNR. It sort of shows you didn't research the field very well.
For example, I got an email from a reader of this blog, telling me that he was interested in going into "PMNR" so that he could become a "pyschiatrist", and he wanted advice. My advice was, first and foremost, learn what the field is called.
That might sound a little mean, but my program director told me that when he got an inquiry from a resident or med student interested in "PMNR", it was already like two strikes against them.
Do you mean just writing "PMNR" (which I agree is bad), or does saying it that way verbally annoy you as well? I definitely know what the field is called, but whenever I actually say "P M and R" it runs together and does sound pretty much like "P M N R."
ReplyDeleteI think people (including myself) generally always say it PMNR, which is how it ends up getting written that way. No points off for not enunciating the "and".
DeleteOh good. I would hate to offend physiatrists* with my improper pronunciation.
Delete*Do I get extra points for knowing this word?
So, the whole point of this post is that it IS ok to write PMNR, right?
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