Them what likes big titulars.

Hmm. Interesting. I've been told (by my British-trained attendings when I was a student and resident) that often the title of "Mr." is used in the surgical world.

I have no problem with people being called Dr. if they have a doctorate in something other than medicine. I think it's a bit ghey to require others to refer to you as such outside of the proper professional context, but that's IMO. I fall into the category that when you call someone a doctor, they're a medical-type doctor (dentist, DO, optometrist, podiatrist, chiro, etc). Mainly because it makes life less confusing.

What I always found funny were the times in the hospital where people would be very insistant that I call their family member to explain their medical problem, as their family member was a "doctor." So I'd call up the doctor family member to explain the patient's situation. Along the course of the conversation, I'd ask what type of doctor they were so that I could form the conversation to fit their knowledge base. More often than not, the more insistent the original person was that I call their "doctor" parent/in-law/uncle/etc, the more likely the doctorate was in something totally useless from a clinical perspective. They'd be a biochemist or psychologist or something equally removed from critical care.

Isn't the University of Phoenix that online "college"?

They are huge online, but also have brick and mortar classes. I attended one in AZ for about 3 classes and quit.

As long as it got ya yer PhD, why stick around? :)

Yep. Only surgeons are titled "Mr." And not junior surgeons. You have to reach the level of "Registrar" I believe. It's strange.

I present to you MR. Bean, chief of neurosurgery...

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Heh heh. Saw a UoP "Graduate" license plate frame today.

That's the way I was taught. Except for the "Yankee wanker" part. Strike that and I totally agree.

Some Phds are a joke, not all, but some. There was a woman who came to a previous job interviewing people on their use of email and how it added to/affected/disrupted their work. She said at the end she was being awarded her Phd and would emial out details to us. Her email attempt failed.

Here in NZ warious learning instatutions are calling themselves universities and a Politian who insists on being called "Dr." has a Phd in something like flax weaving LOL.

The Great Jordini just graduated with a bachelor degree in magic (B Mag?), a course he designed and implemented himself at U of Indiana (Google it... it's true!)

Can't be long now before he is going to be Dr Jordini!! :)

I wonder how Sir Paul Mcartney, or Sir Eltom John feel when you just call thrm Paul or Elton...

wine kicking in...

Being downside-up from you New Zealanders, we have no Politians (thank gawd!) to contend with - but really, is what you say a flax?

Sorry, spelling, politician, Flax is a form of grass and blind people and Islanders make baskets out of it :)

A perhaps related question:
Would you refer to a civilian pilot as "Captain"?
All civilian pilots? Or only airline pilots?

(I specify 'civilian' pilots because military pilots have actual and specific ranks)

Disclosure: When I ordered my Trade-a-Plane subscription, I ordered it as "Captain Cash"

No problem with first names I would imagine, but to call them Mr. John or Mr. McCartney would be incorrect.

I'd bet that Paul wouldn't mind a bit. Elton probably wouldn't mind either, if he thought you were cute ;)

LOL, now there's a person who knows not to set that bar too high ;)

My dad was a pilot for Eastern Airlines starting at some point in the 1940s. He did love using the title "captain." It was even in the phone book that way. Definitely a different era.