Abstract：
Prefixes and suffixes in pharmacy might suggest a drug class, generation, or mechanism of action. As pharmacy educators, we also use an alphabet soup of acronyms and abbreviations to describe board certifications or professional organizations and our affiliation to them. Although we may be experts in nomenclature and abbreviations related to health professions education, sometimes, we also have to remind ourselves to be humble and embrace a learning mindset relative to the abbreviations and naming conventions used more broadly in higher education and in other fields. This article discusses the use of abbreviations in minority-serving institutions as well as the financial, historical, and political implications surrounding their names and definitions. The need to appreciate institutional designations and what they represent is not unique to minority-serving institutions or solely the responsibility of personnel who lead diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. Appreciating what institution designations mean is a logical first step toward discovering and acting upon the possibilities to facilitate and support the success of all learners recruited into the pharmacy profession.
摘要：
药房中的前缀和后缀可能建议使用药物类别，代,或作用机制。作为药学教育者，我们还使用首字母缩写词和缩写词来描述董事会认证或专业组织以及我们与他们的隶属关系。虽然我们可能是与卫生专业教育相关的术语和缩写的专家，有时，我们还必须提醒自己要谦虚，接受相对于高等教育和其他领域更广泛使用的缩写和命名约定的学习心态。本文讨论了缩写在少数族裔服务机构中的使用以及金融、历史,以及围绕其名称和定义的政治含义。需要了解机构的名称及其所代表的内容，这并不是少数族裔服务机构所独有的，也不是领导多样性的人员的责任，股本，inclusion,和可访问性(DEIA)努力。欣赏机构名称的含义是发现和采取行动的可能性以促进和支持所有招募到药学专业的学习者的成功的合乎逻辑的第一步。
