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Originally posted by Vader
Thanks... when I start writing about the topic I get on a roll.
Actually, there are some people who put the PhD before MD in their title. Both degrees are doctorates, the MD a professional degree and the PhD an academic one. I've seen it both ways. As a side note, I've seen MD/PhDs listed and referred to as "So and So, MD" in the context of clinical practice. However, most commonly, especially in scientific publication, you see the degrees listed as "MD, PhD". This all being said, the order is fairly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Originally posted by yaoming
I am not sure if there is a confusion but MD is not placed before PhD in MD/PhD because MD is the "lesser" degree. MD is the more important one and therefore it is placed first (perhaps not always since vader stated some people use PhD/MD).
I'm pretty sure I'm right about that.
Originally posted by Bikini Princess
I was eating lunch with a prof and he said that by the time you do your post-doc for MD/PhD, it will have been over 5 years, and your PhD thesis will be outdated, so you won't have anything to "hang your post-doctoral hat on". Any replies to this comment?
Originally posted by sluox
I'm pretty sure you are wrong about that. UCLA's dean of graduate studies gave a seminar a few weeks ago and I went to hear it. He said that it's M.D., Ph.D. because PhD is the higher degree. It makes sense because PhD usually takes longer to get.
Dang...i oughtta go to bed...look at my time! just finished 5 apps go me!
Originally posted by yaoming
MD is the more important one and therefore it is placed first
Originally posted by yaoming
The reason why I assumed MD is higher is because a lot of pure MDs are PIs at university labs such as UCLA and UCSF. Whereas MDs can do clinical work as well as do research, PhD can only do research. So I figured PhDs are less powerful because they are allowed do less. Any takes on this?
Originally posted by yaoming
In that case then the ordering of the titles does not indicate higher or not, because MPH or MBA (lower) as well as PhD (higher) are usually placed after MD. Am I correct yet?
Originally posted by Vader
Actually, many PhDs do "clinical" work. Neuropsychology is one profession that comes to mind, in which there is abundant patient interaction.
Originally posted by CaNEM
John Doe, BS, MS, MD, PhD
Originally posted by MacGyver
How do PhDs in this area interact with patients?
Originally posted by yaoming
they probably can "help patients," but they are still not allowed to prescribe medicine.
Originally posted by Vader
Oh and Original--the PhD supercedes the MS degree, so you no longer would list it (unless you for some reason felt the need to do so).