QR Challenge: Medical Abbreviations

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Ad Lib	can be up on their own (no staff)
2. Amb	Ambulate (can move around)
3. ADLs	activities of daily living
4. Ax	Axillary (under arm, arm pit)
5. QD	everyday
6. QID	4 times a day
7. BID	twice a day
8. TID	three times a day
9. BM	bowel movement
10. BR	bed rest
11. BRP	bathroom privilages
12. BSC	bed side commode
13. BS	blood sugar/bowel sound
14. CHF	congestive heart failure
15. CL Liq	clear liquids
16. CPAP	continuous positive airway pressure
17. DAT	diet as tolerated
18. HTN	hypertension
19. HOB	head of bed
20. HOH	hard of hearing
21. NG	nasogastric tube
22. PPE	personal protective equipment
23. UA	urine analysis
24. COPD	chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder

 

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