Medical jargon forms due to many reasons, but it can be generally divided in to 2 categories formal and daily uses.
Formal - Commonly know
Medical jargon can be taught in certificate programs and at universities when you are still under graduate. There are also different powerful medicine institutes that offer education (such as AHA American Heart Association)
most medical jargon is usually world wide which means medical professionals can communicate globally with in their field, such as CPR.
most medical jargon is usually world wide which means medical professionals can communicate globally with in their field, such as CPR.
Daily life
Other then being introduced by University and Medical institutes, medical jargon can also be created by individual units/department to suit their need. Even different countries will have different jargon. In HK some of the jargon is Chinese and English mixed, this proves that jargon can have no regulations, as long as it's universal and understood in the department. Especially in the chineses community, when it comes to medicine they tend to pick out the first middle and last words then combine and creates a new jargon. for example (Paracetamol -> Panadol)
eg. PWH use NCL instead of DNR, when other uses DNR stands for Do Not Resuscitate.
eg. PWH use NCL instead of DNR, when other uses DNR stands for Do Not Resuscitate.
However, medical jargon is just like other normal language, it will kept on changing and updating, due to different factor, information updating, and time is one of the main factor.