Do you address yourself as Doctor [Last Name]?

[austinblnd]

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I was just wondering if some people do. It just seems strange to address a pharmacist with the prefix Doc. to me. But I think it's funny when people with a PhD in History or English present themselves as Doctor Last Name, but a doctorate is a doctorate I guess. What's your thoughts on this respected prefix?

Edit: I thought of this while watching The Hangover (the dentist calls himself a doctor and gets **** from all his friends).

 

[type b pharmD]

People at my pharmacy address each other as "Dr. soandso" about half the time, the other half it's first names or more likely nicknames. I think it would be cool to be called Dr. once in a while after i graduate, but im never going to ask anyone to call me that, or ever present myself in public as a Dr.

 

[pharmwannebe2]

I was just wondering if some people do. It just seems strange to address a pharmacist with the prefix Doc. to me. But I think it's funny when people with a PhD in History or English present themselves as Doctor Last Name, but a doctorate is a doctorate I guess. What's your thoughts on this respected prefix?

Edit: I thought of this while watching The Hangover (the dentist calls himself a doctor and gets **** from all his friends).

love the hangover. I remember that scene...funny stuff

Anyways. I wouldn't give a crap if I was or wasn't called dr after I graduate. Professors of Pharmacy are called Drs (all they usually have is a pharm d and some residency training)....for some reason during IPPE the professor in charge told us to call our Hospital Pharmacy Preceptors Doctors but when we were in the retail portion, they didn't say anything about how to address them (common double standard).

to me doctor seems too formal. I wouldn't feel close to my patient if they referred to me as Dr.

 

[Priapism321]

I was just wondering if some people do. It just seems strange to address a pharmacist with the prefix Doc. to me. But I think it's funny when people with a PhD in History or English present themselves as Doctor Last Name, but a doctorate is a doctorate I guess. What's your thoughts on this respected prefix?

No.

 

[medicalCPA]

I'm in the process of getting a PhD, and when I'm done people had better call me "Dr," dammit!




















...j/k

 

[Duc888]

seems a bit of a stretch unless you are fairly accomplished...after all, lawyers have a juris doctorate, but you're not going to call them dr., though there is precedent on the books for them to be able to use that title in some places.

on the other hand, one of the pharm schools i applied to has all their faculty listed as "dr." in their bios, including those with only a PharmD and no PhD

 

[miko]

I wouldn't refer to myself as Dr. [last name]. All of my professors had a PhD and preferred to be called by their first names. I did find it weird that my friend and his wife were announced as Dr. and Mrs. at their wedding, and he was an optomestrist. To each is own, I guess.

 

[MrMeowphers]

Why is it funny to call someone who has a PhD in english a Dr.? They ARE a Doctor.

You do understand that the term "Dr." depends on the culture, yes?

In some parts of Germany, the term "Dr." is reserved for PhD holders, whereas medical doctors are referred to as physicians.

 

[smileyangel11]

I feel appropriateness of whether "doctor" goes before our names when presenting to the general public depends on the occasion. When we go on rounds with M.Ds, they always introduce us as Dr. XYZ to patients/family. I feel it is totally appropriate.

However, if someone in the mall is in labor and they page for a "doctor in the house". Should any of us volunteer?...heck no!

 

[Quiksilver]

this conversation reminds me of the movie the hangover when Stu the dentist puts everything under Dr. because hes a dentist. And then the group proceeds to bust his balls over it the entire trip.

Hilarity ensues

 

[MyTalon4U2NV]

doctor = post graduate training past the bachelor and master level.

a doctor does not equal a physician.

a doctor can be a MD, PharmD, DMD, DVM, DO, DC, PhD etc.

a doctor is a doctor no matter whether its medicine, dental, pharmacy etc. ... thats just my opinion!

now personally, if your a friend or a colleague of mine i wouldnt care what you call me

 

[WVUPharm2007]

No. In fact, hell no. If someone addressed me as "Dr." Mike, I'd laugh at them. I'm just Mike. At Dave and Buster's or in the ICU...

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Should any of us volunteer?...heck no!

If there ain't someone else around, yes. I'd rather have a pharmacist there than a truck driver. WTF is a dermatologist that's 25 years removed from medical school going to do? Unless its a younger dude that still has some of that textbook **** in their heads, an emergentologist, or an OBGYN...****, may as well be a pharmacist...

...but I suppose I get the point hypothetically. I mean, if a patient was having a heart attack, we all know that physicians at a mall can make an ECG machine out of Sbarro's cups and mall cop scooters. They can convert Dippin' Dots into TPA, too.

That's why we can't go around in shopping malls being addressed as "Dr." Dentists and Optometrists can, however. They also know the water into clot buster trick. It's pretty sweet. They whisper into you ear as you walk across the stage at graduation.

 

[weetzie00]

Why the hell not? It's a doctorate degree. I think most people just aren't used to addressing a pharmacist as 'Doctor' because the doctorate was only made mandatory 20 years ago. The majority of PharmD pharmacists I know are the young pharmacists. If you earn a doctorate, that is your title. Every PharmD pharmacist I have met through work and through visiting schools are always addressed as 'Doctor'. In school, if my professors have a PhD, we always called them as 'Doctor' too. Same goes for dentists and so forth. Since when does being a physician mean only you can have the title. I don't think there's any reason to be snotty about it and go out of our way to correct people (I hate it when people do that). Nor would I introduce myself as such. But on a business card or something, I think it's appropriate. When I fill out a form, I fully intend on checking that "Dr." box.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Honestly, this exact same thread comes up about once every 4 months. The mods need to pick one and sticky it. All we need now is for Taurus to come in and tell us how we are inferior to him. Maybe a podiatrist and an optometrist, too. Sometimes they come along and tell me I'm not as smart as them, too.

 

[austinblnd]

No. In fact, hell no. If someone addressed me as "Dr." Mike, I'd laugh at them. I'm just Mike. At Dave and Buster's or in the ICU...

I agree with you. But to one of the posters above, I think an optometrist is commonly called doctor because I don't know any one who says I'm going to see my optometrist, just I am going to see my eye doctor. But you never see a dentist being called a tooth doctor. Haha maybe it is just culture for me. When I here doctor I automatically think physician.

 

[patmcd]

Why the hell not? It's a doctorate degree. I think most people just aren't used to addressing a pharmacist as 'Doctor' because the doctorate was only made mandatory 20 years ago

20 years ago....ha. The move towards pharmD only programs may have started then, but bachelor degree pharmacists continued to graduate much more recently than that.

As for being called Dr., knock yourself out. I certainly won't be making anyone call me that.

 

[Ackj]

I agree with you. But to one of the posters above, I think an optometrist is commonly called doctor because I don't know any one who says I'm going to see my optometrist, just I am going to see my eye doctor. But you never see a dentist being called a tooth doctor. Haha maybe it is just culture for me. When I here doctor I automatically think physician.

You can probably blame public idiocy for that. "Optometrist" is harder to say than "eye doctor." Also, how many people know the difference between an optician, optometrist, and ophthalmologist?

People don't say "I'm going to the pharmacist" either... they say "I'm going to pick up my meds"

 

[Sparda29]

LOL, this reminds me of a time when I was at the pharmacy. I picked up a call from a patient who didn't know English that well. He asked for the druggist, I replied that I'm the intern here and that I could help him. So he comes in 2 hours later and starts telling us that he wants to be seen by the internist.

 

[ohiopharmacist]

I am not sure about the whole "DR" title, I feel I haven't earned it yet until I do my residency or Ph D

I am pretty sure it makes ph D and the physicians mad at us!

 

[pharmwannebe2]

20 years ago....ha. The move towards pharmD only programs may have started then, but bachelor degree pharmacists continued to graduate much more recently than that.

As for being called Dr., knock yourself out. I certainly won't be making anyone call me that.

pre-pharm kids have an inferiority complex 🙄

 

[weetzie00]

Well PharmD professors I've met at interviews and visiting schools are referred to as Dr. ___. So, whether you think they deserve the title or not, I wouldn't call them differently unless they tell you otherwise. I'm surprised that no one hears pharmacists being titled as 'Doctor'. Maybe it's the area I'm from. All the young pharmacists coming in and floating in our store and our new young PDM always go out of their way to specify 'Doctor' or tack on that 'PharmD' after their name. I definitely think it's really arrogant, but it's what I'm used to I suppose.

 

[austinblnd]

Well PharmD professors I've met at interviews and visiting schools are referred to as Dr. ___. So, whether you think they deserve the title or not, I wouldn't call them differently unless they tell you otherwise. I'm surprised that no one hears pharmacists being titled as 'Doctor'. Maybe it's the area I'm from. All the young pharmacists coming in and floating in our store and our new young PDM always go out of their way to specify 'Doctor' or tack on that 'PharmD' after their name. I definitely think it's really arrogant, but it's what I'm used to I suppose.

I completely agree

 

[eeyore spice]

I didn't spend six years in evil pharmacy school to be called "mister."

(Or Ms., but you catch my meaning.) I'd rather have students and patients call me by my first name, but in a situation where it's appropriate to use Ms., hell yes I'm using Dr. in front of my name. I earned that shizz.

 

[twinspharm]

Uh, honestly if you have a PHD or doctorate, you are entitled to be called a doctor.
But when people insist on being called doctors, they tend to just come off as snobby.

If you are a Dr. and somebody calls you mister, you don't need to correct them. This isn't just my opinion. I have heard it many times by regular folk, and doctors.

My dad is one of those dentists (not a real doctor Hangover LOL) so everyone just calls him mister.

Albeit, I always refer to people with doctorate level education as doctors, because it just polite.

 

[miss pharmacist]

doctor = post graduate training past the bachelor and master level.

a doctor does not equal a physician.

a doctor can be a MD, PharmD, DMD, DVM, DO, DC, PhD etc.

a doctor is a doctor no matter whether its medicine, dental, pharmacy etc. ... thats just my opinion!

now personally, if your a friend or a colleague of mine i wouldnt care what you call me

i 100% agree with your opinion.....
doctor is a doctor!!!!

 

[wgt5]

^^^Agree^^^

My dad is a Dentist and he has commented on how few people call him doctor. Sure, when he's working at his dental practice, people call him doctor, but all my friends call him Mr. when they know he's a doctor. He really doesn't care though.

My friend’s dad is an Optometrist, and most of his sons friends call him Mr. He’s commented to me how no one calls him doctor, but doesn't complain.

My other friend’s dad is a General Physician. All of his son’s friends call him doc.

The other two dads are just as much as a doctor as him. A Dr. is a Dr.

FYI- All three sons have the same friends, so the same people call one doctor and two Mr. Doesn’t make sense.

 

[fungikid]

Ummm Around where I live, no one refer themselves as doctors in social situations. This includes actual physicians or PhD's.

At my school, we call professors "doctors" as long as they have an academic doctorate or a professional doctorate (PharmD, MD, etc.) degree.

Technically, professional doctorate degrees are equivalent to an academic masters (post-graduate but not thesis-based like actual PhD's). This may enrage some people, but it actually makes sense if you think about it.

 

[clachan3]

no I don't address myself as doctor, but my patients/customers want me to play one once in a while

 

[PharmDstudent]

All of the male employees are called Dr. So and So, even the associates who work up-front. 😛
And all of the female employees are called Ms. So and So. *curtsy*

It sounds a little sexist, but I live in the Deep South, so it's cool. Maybe Mr. So and So doesn't sound as cool... idk

 

[Farcus]

I was just wondering if some people do. It just seems strange to address a pharmacist with the prefix Doc. to me. But I think it's funny when people with a PhD in History or English present themselves as Doctor Last Name, but a doctorate is a doctorate I guess. What's your thoughts on this respected prefix?

Edit: I thought of this while watching The Hangover (the dentist calls himself a doctor and gets **** from all his friends).

Actually in academia all ph.d, m.d., d.o., pharm.d, o.d, d.d.o or w/e are called doctors but as in normal practice i'm sure only physicians are called doctors.

 

[Pilot]

I understand there is a push to make the PA programs PhD level programs. What are the thoughts about addressing a PA as Dr. XYZ in the medical field, when he/she may not have attended medical school?

Just curious how far to take the "Dr." title in reality.