• Genius@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I wouldn’t trust a doctor’s opinion on medicine unless their PhD were in medicine. Most aren’t.

    I don’t consider MDs to be doctors.

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      2 days ago

      Reading your comments, I can’t tell if you are trolling us, or if you really are this tarded?

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.