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Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 30 08, 5:30 pm
by Hungary Jack
The university where I work awards many EdD degrees. Sure it's a doctoral degree, but does it really make you a doctor? Come on now. My dad is an MD. He fixes clogged heart arteries. Now that's a doctor.
Just get over it.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 30 08, 8:42 pm
by Leroy
EdD, EdD Give me the news...
Not the same ring.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 30 08, 8:49 pm
by Cronos
Can I call myself a Doctor of Clinical Psychology 5 years from now if all goes well?
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 30 08, 8:52 pm
by Hungary Jack
Cronos69 wrote:Can I call myself a Doctor of Clinical Psychology 5 years from now if all goes well?
I think PhD cuts the mustard. You get to prescribe heavy drugs.
EdD, no way.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 30 08, 8:56 pm
by Cronos
Hungary Jack wrote:Cronos69 wrote:Can I call myself a Doctor of Clinical Psychology 5 years from now if all goes well?
I think PhD cuts the mustard. You get to prescribe heavy drugs.
PsyD technically. Basically the same thing except I don't get a stipend and I do a lot less research and more hands-on work.
I'm looking forward to the "Dr." Epithet, I'll admit.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 31 08, 12:59 am
by Jocephus
i just got my masters and i plan on using "dr."....or, maybe "general"
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 31 08, 9:30 am
by Hungary Jack
Jocephus wrote:i just got my masters and i plan on using "dr."....or, maybe "general"
I would suggest "Your Highness"
Please note the double-entendre.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 31 08, 11:13 am
by paskal
Did you know you can get a Doctor of Nursing Practice?
I think the AMA has regulations though that prevent anyone in the health care industry from calling themselves a doctor unless they have an MD. I'm assuming it's free reign for other industries.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 31 08, 11:42 am
by BenNX74205
If you get a doctoral degree, you should be able to call yourself a doctor.
Both my parents are PhDs. My dad is a clinical psychologist. He is NOT a psychiatrist, so he cannot prescribe drugs. But he's as much a doctor as anyone that can. And I dare you to tell him otherwise.
My mom got her PhD in experimental psychology, and taught college for 25 years. She, too, goes by doctor.
And it pisses me off to no end that I earned my juris doctor degree for graduating law school, but am forbidden to refer to myself as "doctor." That's totally lame.
Re: Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
Posted: July 31 08, 11:46 am
by Hungary Jack
BenNX74205 wrote:If you get a doctoral degree, you should be able to call yourself a doctor.
Both my parents are PhDs. My dad is a clinical psychologist. He is NOT a psychiatrist, so he cannot prescribe drugs. But he's as much a doctor as anyone that can. And I dare you to tell him otherwise.
My mom got her PhD in experimental psychology, and taught college for 25 years. She, too, goes by doctor.
And it pisses me off to no end that I earned my juris doctor degree for graduating law school, but am forbidden to refer to myself as "doctor." That's totally lame.
Why be a "doctor" when you can be "esquire"?