Is Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) real doctor?

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Anonymous wrote:A doctorate is the highest level of education in a particular field. If a person has a PharmD, then they have achieved the highest level of education in pharmacology. People who earn a PhD have a right to be called Dr. Have you ever heard of Dr. Jill Biden?

Not a real M.D.; ie - fake doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:In an academic setting, I would absolutely refer to a PharmD as "Dr. So-and-So." They have a doctorate.

In a medical setting, I would not refer to a pharmacist as "Dr. Anything." In that setting, "Dr. Anything" is reserved for MDs and DOs and dentists. DNPs also do not use "doctor" in that setting.

I don’t consider DOs to be “real doctors”.

This has to be a troll comment.

Of course it is. Especially considering that DOs do more training than MDs.

I think I will stay with my MD though.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think? Obviously you wouldn’t call your pharmacist “Doctor xxx”, right?

What’s a “real doctor”?

If my pharmacist had a doctorate degree, I would call him/her Dr.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:In an academic setting, I would absolutely refer to a PharmD as "Dr. So-and-So." They have a doctorate.

In a medical setting, I would not refer to a pharmacist as "Dr. Anything." In that setting, "Dr. Anything" is reserved for MDs and DOs and dentists. DNPs also do not use "doctor" in that setting.

I don’t consider DOs to be “real doctors”.

This has to be a troll comment.

Of course it is. Especially considering that DOs do more training than MDs.

I think I will stay with my MD though.

Ok, thanks? Do you normally respond to the voices in your head?

Things that didn't happen in this thread: posters telling you to switch doctors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A doctorate is the highest level of education in a particular field. If a person has a PharmD, then they have achieved the highest level of education in pharmacology. People who earn a PhD have a right to be called Dr. Have you ever heard of Dr. Jill Biden?

Not a real M.D.; ie - fake doctor.

You’re an idiot, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider a PharmD a real doctor. More real than my Juris Doctor.

100% agree. I also have a JD. I certainly don’t consider myself “doctor title” worthy.

JD means you graduated from a law school and licensed to practice? Are there lawyers not JD?

JD is the standard degree an accredited law school confers upon its graduates. There are some states that do not require an applicant to be a law school graduate in order to sit for the bar. I believe California is one example.
The difference between Esq and JD is that Esq is the title used after name of a lawyer or attorney who has been admitted to the bar and has a license to practice law while JD is the title of a lawyer who has graduated from law school but hasn't (yet?) been admitted to the bar.

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Anonymous wrote:As an MD myself,

I don’t think they should be called “doctor” unless in an academic setting.

Basically every PHD, JD lawyer, pharmacist , And so on can walk around and say I’m A Doctor….

Sounds silly to call my JD wife Dr Jennifer?

Basically, in academic settings, schools, university sure. In public, it’s silly. When I ask what kind of Aldo for sure to hand they tell me I have a PHD in history, I just shrug….

You’re a supercilious ass. The real doctors are the research PhDs who discovered and invented everything you know and use as a medical mechanic. Give homage to the original thinkers. You don’t even have a masters degree. Med school is trade school and you know it.

-signed, a physician.

Problem is that in a medical setting it is confusing to a patient for all persons with doctorates to call themselves doctor. If you have a janitor with a PhD in weave basking, they shouldn’t introduce themselves to a patient as Dr X.

That’s ridiculous. There are nurses with PhDs called Dr. In hospitals and no one is thrown off. People are smarter than you think.

My father is a dentist. When he was hospitalized should people stop calling him Dr. because it would be confusing?

If any nurse calls themselves a doctor in a hospital you should immediately report them. That is a misrepresentation of their role. The doctorate in nursing a research degree and not a medical degree. Most patients (perhaps not you but most) assume that if someone calls themselves doctor in a hospital setting they are seeing a MEDICAL DOCTOR period. If I am a PA with a PhD in English and say “hey good morning I’m Dr. blah, what can I do today for you?” Do you truly think that is okay in a hospital setting??

You’re an idiot too. A PhD in nursing is usually the MD’s boss in the hospital.

[Anonymous]

If I'm required to call anyone "Dr." in a social setting, they better be calling me "Mrs." and not my first name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an MD myself,

I don’t think they should be called “doctor” unless in an academic setting.

Basically every PHD, JD lawyer, pharmacist , And so on can walk around and say I’m A Doctor….

Sounds silly to call my JD wife Dr Jennifer?

Basically, in academic settings, schools, university sure. In public, it’s silly. When I ask what kind of Aldo for sure to hand they tell me I have a PHD in history, I just shrug….

You’re a supercilious ass. The real doctors are the research PhDs who discovered and invented everything you know and use as a medical mechanic. Give homage to the original thinkers. You don’t even have a masters degree. Med school is trade school and you know it.

-signed, a physician.

Problem is that in a medical setting it is confusing to a patient for all persons with doctorates to call themselves doctor. If you have a janitor with a PhD in weave basking, they shouldn’t introduce themselves to a patient as Dr X.

That’s ridiculous. There are nurses with PhDs called Dr. In hospitals and no one is thrown off. People are smarter than you think.

My father is a dentist. When he was hospitalized should people stop calling him Dr. because it would be confusing?

If any nurse calls themselves a doctor in a hospital you should immediately report them. That is a misrepresentation of their role. The doctorate in nursing a research degree and not a medical degree. Most patients (perhaps not you but most) assume that if someone calls themselves doctor in a hospital setting they are seeing a MEDICAL DOCTOR period. If I am a PA with a PhD in English and say “hey good morning I’m Dr. blah, what can I do today for you?” Do you truly think that is okay in a hospital setting??

You’re an idiot too. A PhD in nursing is usually the MD’s boss in the hospital.

Come on PP. Don't be nasty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider a PharmD a real doctor. More real than my Juris Doctor.

100% agree. I also have a JD. I certainly don’t consider myself “doctor title” worthy.

JD means you graduated from a law school and licensed to practice? Are there lawyers not JD?

JD is the standard degree an accredited law school confers upon its graduates. There are some states that do not require an applicant to be a law school graduate in order to sit for the bar. I believe California is one example.
The difference between Esq and JD is that Esq is the title used after name of a lawyer or attorney who has been admitted to the bar and has a license to practice law while JD is the title of a lawyer who has graduated from law school but hasn't (yet?) been admitted to the bar.

A JD is not a doctorate and they would never be titled Dr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an MD myself,

I don’t think they should be called “doctor” unless in an academic setting.

Basically every PHD, JD lawyer, pharmacist , And so on can walk around and say I’m A Doctor….

Sounds silly to call my JD wife Dr Jennifer?

Basically, in academic settings, schools, university sure. In public, it’s silly. When I ask what kind of Aldo for sure to hand they tell me I have a PHD in history, I just shrug….

You’re a supercilious ass. The real doctors are the research PhDs who discovered and invented everything you know and use as a medical mechanic. Give homage to the original thinkers. You don’t even have a masters degree. Med school is trade school and you know it.

-signed, a physician.

Problem is that in a medical setting it is confusing to a patient for all persons with doctorates to call themselves doctor. If you have a janitor with a PhD in weave basking, they shouldn’t introduce themselves to a patient as Dr X.

That’s ridiculous. There are nurses with PhDs called Dr. In hospitals and no one is thrown off. People are smarter than you think.

My father is a dentist. When he was hospitalized should people stop calling him Dr. because it would be confusing?

If any nurse calls themselves a doctor in a hospital you should immediately report them. That is a misrepresentation of their role. The doctorate in nursing a research degree and not a medical degree. Most patients (perhaps not you but most) assume that if someone calls themselves doctor in a hospital setting they are seeing a MEDICAL DOCTOR period. If I am a PA with a PhD in English and say “hey good morning I’m Dr. blah, what can I do today for you?” Do you truly think that is okay in a hospital setting??

You’re an idiot too. A PhD in nursing is usually the MD’s boss in the hospital.

Come on PP. Don't be nasty.

I was being honest and not nasty. The PP is a true idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I'm required to call anyone "Dr." in a social setting, they better be calling me "Mrs." and not my first name.

Okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an MD myself,

I don’t think they should be called “doctor” unless in an academic setting.

Basically every PHD, JD lawyer, pharmacist , And so on can walk around and say I’m A Doctor….

Sounds silly to call my JD wife Dr Jennifer?

Basically, in academic settings, schools, university sure. In public, it’s silly. When I ask what kind of Aldo for sure to hand they tell me I have a PHD in history, I just shrug….

You’re a supercilious ass. The real doctors are the research PhDs who discovered and invented everything you know and use as a medical mechanic. Give homage to the original thinkers. You don’t even have a masters degree. Med school is trade school and you know it.

-signed, a physician.

Report them to who? The PhD nurse running the hospital?!!

Problem is that in a medical setting it is confusing to a patient for all persons with doctorates to call themselves doctor. If you have a janitor with a PhD in weave basking, they shouldn’t introduce themselves to a patient as Dr X.

That’s ridiculous. There are nurses with PhDs called Dr. In hospitals and no one is thrown off. People are smarter than you think.

My father is a dentist. When he was hospitalized should people stop calling him Dr. because it would be confusing?

If any nurse calls themselves a doctor in a hospital you should immediately report them. That is a misrepresentation of their role. The doctorate in nursing a research degree and not a medical degree. Most patients (perhaps not you but most) assume that if someone calls themselves doctor in a hospital setting they are seeing a MEDICAL DOCTOR period. If I am a PA with a PhD in English and say “hey good morning I’m Dr. blah, what can I do today for you?” Do you truly think that is okay in a hospital setting??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A doctorate is the highest level of education in a particular field. If a person has a PharmD, then they have achieved the highest level of education in pharmacology. People who earn a PhD have a right to be called Dr. Have you ever heard of Dr. Jill Biden?

Not a real M.D.; ie - fake doctor.

You’re an idiot, PP.

PP is uneducated, clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an MD myself,

I don’t think they should be called “doctor” unless in an academic setting.

Basically every PHD, JD lawyer, pharmacist , And so on can walk around and say I’m A Doctor….

Sounds silly to call my JD wife Dr Jennifer?

Basically, in academic settings, schools, university sure. In public, it’s silly. When I ask what kind of Aldo for sure to hand they tell me I have a PHD in history, I just shrug….

You’re a supercilious ass. The real doctors are the research PhDs who discovered and invented everything you know and use as a medical mechanic. Give homage to the original thinkers. You don’t even have a masters degree. Med school is trade school and you know it.

-signed, a physician.

Problem is that in a medical setting it is confusing to a patient for all persons with doctorates to call themselves doctor. If you have a janitor with a PhD in weave basking, they shouldn’t introduce themselves to a patient as Dr X.

As someone with a doctorate who worked in a medical setting, I always introduced myself as Dr.X — followed by a description of my role, as did the MDs that I worked with on my teams. Even children understand that some doctors are physicians and other doctors provide different types of interventions.
People really are smarter and more flexible than some of you seem to think. Professors have different fields and areas of expertise. Physicians don’t all have the same types of degrees. Dentists and cardiologists are both addressed as “doctor” — and neither will be ideal when someone wants a physician who is also a neurosurgeon.

tldr: Even 5 year olds can manage this without confusion with a few clear explanations.