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If someone graduates from a Doctor of Pharmacy school, are they still called ‘Doctor’?
Pharmacists are doctors of looking things up on Lexicomp.If someone graduates from a Doctor of Pharmacy school, are they still called ‘Doctor’?
If someone graduates from a Doctor of Pharmacy school, are they still called ‘Doctor’?
maybe on mars....If someone graduates from a Doctor of Pharmacy school, are they still called ‘Doctor’?
IM DEADDDDso when you are on an airplane and a flight attendant asks, "Is there a doctor on board?" Do you have to answer to that call or do you say nothing?
They never were and never will be called doctors.If someone graduates from a Doctor of Pharmacy school, are they still called ‘Doctor’?
I have seen pharmacists call themselves doctors in a primary care/ambulatory care setting to patients. Definitely not Retail nor Hospital.Yes, but no intelligent person would call them that in a retail or clinical setting. Even pharmacists don't call themselves doctor.
Because they want to self-validate themselves.I have seen pharmacists call themselves doctors in a primary care/ambulatory care setting to patients. Definitely not Retail nor Hospital.
Did you not call your professors in undergrad and graduate school Dr. Something?It seems to me that everyone wanna be doctors without having to go to medical schools? By everyone, I mean nurses, PT, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, etc.... Is it that the people wanting doctor titles or that schools are making things up to justify higher tuition and more years in schools?
I mean, I don't see anything good for coming out of this inflation of degrees and titles. Are the jobs really much different now (vs before doctor degrees) that require more schooling/training?
Did you not call your professors in undergrad and graduate school Dr. Something?
I still addressed my professors as Dr. Something when I saw them outside of school. I even call other people with a PhD Dr. Something when introducing myself to them. I call my dentist Dr. something, I call my sister's optometrist Dr. Something, I even say I want a Dr. Pepper when I want to drink it.well, I was not talking about academia. In academia, a PhD or a doctorate is generally required for the job of a professor. Students address them as "Doctor" only in that setting.
but I think you know what I meant in my previous posts. Pharmacy specifically, you think a PharmD is really needed to perform current pharmacist job or a BSPharm is just fine?
I know many working retail and clinical pharmacists who are BSPharm and they are just working as fine and as knowledgeable as any PharmD. I read on this forum that extra year for PharmD is mostly about looking up clinical guidelines and Lexicomp and doing presentations that nobody actually cares about. I mean I do not think customers at Walgreens or CVS need a pharmacist to perform a presentation on them, right? While that might be oversimplified, there is some truth I guess. Nobody calls pharmacists "doctor" because a doctor degree here is not really needed for the job. The point is that who came up with this PharmD idea which gave the basic for schools to capitalize on and now the saturation situation? Following the money (motives) tells me that schools are the one that scam everyone as it is very obvious (to me) that they are the only one that is walking away with money to the bank.
I still addressed my professors as Dr. Something when I saw them outside of school. I even call other people with a PhD Dr. Something when introducing myself to them. I call my dentist Dr. something, I call my sister's optometrist Dr. Something, I even say I want a Dr. Pepper when I want to drink it.
I would honestly feel safer if the pharmacist who is counseling me got a doctorate degree, although I don't call them Dr. Something. Otherwise I would just go online myself to check with web MD. Also, would you address a pharmacist as Dr. in the academic setting?
lol, way to be passive aggressive and what are you talking about? I just told you I don't call my pharmacist a doctor but would like to see they got a doctorate degree just to make me feel better. Its like the difference between seeing a chef pretend to wash his hands versus seeing a chef just walk straight out the bathroom. Also, I didn't realize this was a debate you could win. I was literally just stating what I do and questioning you.sometimes I realize that I just can't win... You win!
lol, way to be passive aggressive and what are you talking about? I just told you I don't call my pharmacist a doctor but would like to see they got a doctorate degree just to make me feel better. Its like the difference between seeing a chef pretend to wash his hands versus seeing a chef just walk straight out the bathroom. Also, I didn't realize this was a debate you could win. I was literally just stating what I do and questioning you.
Yes.... That's why I said it.... I really don't understand what you are trying to say to me here. Do I have to hold your hand and walk you through this? I think we are both on the same page but you seem to think I am arguing against you or something. I am not saying the work is invalid, I am saying the title doesn't matter since we don't address them as such but would feel better if they did obtain that title through hard work.ah... the Socratic method... thumbs up!
so the PharmD degree is like a chef pretending to wash his hands in the bathroom to make you feel better, right? lol.
Yes.... That's why I said it.... I really don't understand what you are trying to say to me here. Do I have to hold your hand and walk you through this? I think we are both on the same page but you seem to think I am arguing against you or something. I am not saying the work is invalid, I am saying the title doesn't matter since we don't address them as such but would feel better if they did obtain that title through hard work.
Yep, and it was so cringe worthy and nauseating. experienced that in ambulatory care rotation.Because they want to self-validate themselves.
Pharmacists are doctors of looking things up on Lexicomp.
so when you are on an airplane and a flight attendant asks, "Is there a doctor on board?" Do you have to answer to that call or do you say nothing?
You might as well just go become a Store or District Manager for one of the pharmacy chains. What more bragging rights do you have when you get to order around doctorate degree holders while you hold only a high school diploma?
so when you are on an airplane and a flight attendant asks, "Is there a doctor on board?" Do you have to answer to that call or do you say nothing?
The replies to this thread are so funny... Because when spelled out, PharmD is called the Doctor of Pharmacy. It is a doctorate level degree. People choose not to read the first word because they're disrespectful and want hierarchy.
Now, this does not apply in the same context as a Doctor of Education or a Doctor of Philosophy because those professionals have zero training in healthcare. They most definitely will not be the kind of doctor to save a life on a plane as someone under this thread tried to used as an example.
To all the negative folk on here that are so strung out on the PharmD title, get a life. These are the same bitter people that are on other posts, discouraging others and spreading negativity about Pharmacy. #WeGood.
Will Doctors of pharmacy save a life on a plane?
I actually did, had epipen on me. It was on China Eastern when it happenedWill Doctors of pharmacy save a life on a plane?
Like the pilot of a bug smasher strolling into the cock-pit (or box- office) of an Airbus 380..."why yes...I fly"Will Doctors of pharmacy save a life on a plane?
I actually did, had epipen on me. It was on China Eastern when it happened
And I will happily be correcting the people who refuse to call me by the title I worked so hard to obtain. Aren't you an "Optometrist"? Go find your niche.
Sounds like you'll be very happy because you'll be doing it every day...if you can find a job when you are done with school. And I don't care if someone calls me by my name or Doctor. I get paid the same either way.And I will happily be correcting the people who refuse to call me by the title I worked so hard to obtain. Aren't you an "Optometrist"? Go find your niche.