• 13igTyme@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    1 day ago

    You should look up what a PhD in Medicine is and how it’s not the same as an MD (Doctor of Medicine). Your user name couldn’t be further from the truth.

    • Genius@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      13
      ·
      1 day ago

      I already know a PhD in medicine is different to an MD, that’s why I wrote a comment that says one’s a doctor and one isn’t. Read my comment until you understand it.

      • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        17 hours ago

        You said an MD is not a doctor. They are. They are literally a MEDICAL DOCTOR. A PhD in medicine is really only gained as a dual doctoral degree and will then be MD-PhD. It combines the Medical knowledge of an MD with the more research driven knowledge of a PhD.

        In the Medical world an MD, is often called a physician. However Lemmy is not the medical world and for all intents and purposes a MD is a Doctor.

        You saying MD is not a Doctor is just making you look stupid.

        • Genius@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          12 hours ago

          If a physician is qualified to teach at the highest academic level due to their research skills, I’ll call them a doctor. Otherwise, they’re just a physician. Putting in IVs and prescribing cold medicine doesn’t make you a doctor. Research skills make you a doctor.

          • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            10 hours ago

            You’re trying to be pedantic and it’s just making you look stupid. You also have no idea about modern medicine if you think physicians put in IVs. A central line, sure. But you don’t even know what this is without looking it up, I bet.