Letters after your name--in what order should they be placed and why? Education

N Mackenzie; P A Brennan

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2004.02.021

Letters after your name--in what order should they be placed and why? Education

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 Aug;42(4):337-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2004.02.021.

Authors

N Mackenzie¹, P A Brennan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 15225953
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2004.02.021

Abstract

Many clinicians are uncertain about the correct place of letters after their names and are unaware that there is a strict hierarchical order in which they should be placed. The aim of this paper is to give the correct order of such letters.

MeSH terms

Abbreviations as Topic*
Awards and Prizes
Credentialing / classification*
Education, Professional* / classification
Educational Status
Humans
Military Personnel / classification
Military Personnel / education
United Kingdom