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If you are a doctor (M.D., DDS, PhD, etc) and call yourself "Mr.", you have stated incorrectly. Sure, you can say Mr., but you will be wrong. End of story.

Not if you're a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

 

[xanthomondo]

 

[hemoglobincell]

Not if you're a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Surgeons elsewhere (UK is main example) are referred to as Mr./Mrs./Ms. and NOT as Dr.

They call themselves Mr. because they do not have a doctorate level degree. M.D. is a doctorate level degree, M.B.B.S. is not (although I am not saying they aren't equivalent). M.B.B.S. is a bachelor's degree, hence the use of the term "Mr." instead of "Dr.".

My statement still stands:

If you are a doctor (M.D., DDS, PhD, etc) and call yourself "Mr.", you have stated incorrectly. Sure, you can say Mr., but you will be wrong. End of story.

Any other questions?

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

I've never heard of "Dr. Bill Gates," "Dr. Steven Colbert," or "Dr. Barack Obama." Yet, they all have doctorate degrees.

Insisting that a prenominal honorific is "correct" is just entitlement. I never EVER use the Doctor title unless I'm with a patient, because that's the only time it ever matters.

 

[Smurfette]

They call themselves Mr. because they do not have a doctorate level degree. M.D. is a doctorate level degree, M.B.B.S. is not (although I am not saying they aren't equivalent). M.B.B.S. is a bachelor's degree, hence the use of the term "Mr." instead of "Dr.".

My statement still stands:


Any other questions?

Well, internists in UK ARE called Dr., as well as those in other countries granting a MBBS. It's the surgeons who go by Mr....so your argument is faulty.

By your argument, you address the physical therapists (DPT degree) in your hospital as "Dr." do you not???

 

[da8s0859q]

I've never heard of "Dr. Bill Gates," "Dr. Steven Colbert," or "Dr. Barack Obama." Yet, they all have doctorate degrees.

Insisting that a prenominal honorific is "correct" is just entitlement. I never EVER use the Doctor title unless I'm with a patient, because that's the only time it ever matters.

Bill Gates and Stephen Colbert have honorary doctorates, not earned ones, so that's a little different. And Obama's educational peers -- JDs -- have traditionally not gone by "doctor."

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

Bill Gates and Stephen Colbert have honorary doctorates, not earned ones, so that's a little different. And Obama's educational peers -- JDs -- have traditionally not gone by "doctor."

I fail to see the difference.

Anyway, clearly there are people who are going to plaster their MD title all over their checks, driver licenses, and magazine subscriptions. Good for you.

 

[Dwindlin]

I fail to see the difference.

While I don't disagree with people over using their title this strikes me as odd. Do you really not see a difference between an honorary doctorate and earning one?

 

[Siverhideo1985]

I fail to see the difference.

Anyway, clearly there are people who are going to plaster their MD title all over their checks, driver licenses, and magazine subscriptions. Good for you.

That's silly. Why wait till you actually have a doctor title?

regards,

Siverhideo, M (half a dot)

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

While I don't disagree with people over using their title this strikes me as odd. Do you really not see a difference between an honorary doctorate and earning one?

I fail to see the difference in justifying the use of an honorific whether one obtains a degree the traditional route, or whether one is gifted a degree.

Sorry if this was unclear.

 

[xanthomondo]

I fail to see the difference.

Anyway, clearly there are people who are going to plaster their MD title all over their checks, driver licenses, and magazine subscriptions. Good for you.

Probably the same people who defend wearing your white coat/stethoscope in public 👍

 

[Smurfette]

Probably the same people who defend wearing your white coat/stethoscope in public 👍

Most people I've ever seen running around in public wearing white coats and stethoscopes were not doctors....even saw a guy dressed as a doc in a bar once who had some [gyne] speculums with him. Talk about creepy!! 😱😱😱

 

[ZagDoc]

I fail to see the difference in justifying the use of an honorific whether one obtains a degree the traditional route, or whether one is gifted a degree.

Sorry if this was unclear.

Honorific degrees are nice but don't really "count" for anything. If you're given an honorific MD or JD, you are not allowed to be licensed or practice medicine or law respectively. Versus a true "earned" degree, they are totally different things. One is a nice thing to hang on your wall. One is a career... or a nice thing to hang on your wall.

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

Honorific degrees are nice but don't really "count" for anything. If you're given an honorific MD or JD, you are not allowed to be licensed or practice medicine or law respectively. Versus a true "earned" degree, they are totally different things. One is a nice thing to hang on your wall. One is a career... or a nice thing to hang on your wall.

Once you get your MD, you can't practice medicine either. It's just a nice thing to hang on your wall.

It's the completion of the Steps that allow you licensure to practice medicine. This is not a pedantic point -- as you said, you have to earn the privilege of practicing medicine. But it's very much a privilege, and not a right. This is what I'm getting at in my posts; you shouldn't flaunt your degree, because it's the knowledge you have that makes you valuable.