What might a doctor shove...

[Buster Bakdorzin]

after his name. If the doctor was as highly trained as doctors can be, in the field of cognitive neuroscience and related specialist fields. Also, what lettering do eye doctors acquire after their own further studies?

[SpydieNut]

i was hoping for so much more from this thread

[The_Doc]

Buster Bakdorzin said:

after his name. If the doctor was as highly trained as doctors can be, in the field of cognitive neuroscience and related specialist fields. Also, what lettering do eye doctors acquire after their own further studies?

Eye surgeons go for the Fellowship exam, from their Royal College, as a final or exit exam. This allows them to put FRCOphth after their name.

Eg: Mr Nick Riviera BM BS (primary medical degree) FRCOphth (Exit degree)

As for cognitive neuroscience I have no idea, doesn't sound like surgery so I'm not interested.

I shall soon be:

The Doc BMedSci BM BS FRCSOrth

[Rebuker]

Cognitive neuroscience is most closely a subspecialty of psychiatry in the case of disorders of the brain, or psychology in terms of normal brain function. So the psychiatrist will be a medical doctor and have MB BS (or MB ChB if he went to a posh Uni) and MRCPsych after his name. If he has had even higher training, he may even have a PhD or an MD. These are academic doctorates, so he becomes a 'doctor doctor'. He may alternatively have a Masters (MSc) in the subject

But to complicate matters most cognitive neuroscientists are not medical doctors. Rather, they most commonly have a PhD in the subject. As such they are 'doctors of psychology'. The main difference between the psychologist(academic/nonmedical educated person who knows a lot about the head) and a psychiatrist(medical doctor of the head) would be that the psychologist would not be able to prescribe any medicines or invasive treatment.

I have simplified the above somewhat

Edited by Rebuker on Thursday 14th August 18:26

[Buster Bakdorzin]

SpydieNut said:

i was hoping for so much more from this thread

Cheers Doc/Rebuker.

Lets assume our doctor friend had qualified with the basics as a practising doctor, but an advanced understanding of neuroscience (and went to a posh uni) how might one order the following lettering correctly?

Mr Doc, FRCOphth MB ChB MRCPsych PhD MD MSc
(Which need to be removed, and in which order etc)

To complicate matters, he is also qualified at the highest level in the field of electrical engineering

Edited by Buster Bakdorzin on Thursday 14th August 18:45

[Rebuker]

Mr Doc, MB ChB MRCPsych PhD

That is the correct order. He may have a few others, but if he has these, he's pretty much in the top layer.

Are you planning some elaborate electrically engineered brain melting fraud caper?

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Rebuker said:

Mr Doc, MB ChB MRCPsych PhD
That is the correct order.

Excellent

Rebuker said:

Are you planning some elaborate electrically engineered brain melting fraud caper?

Of course

[r1ot]

BSC and SSC??

Bronze Swimming Certificate and Silver Swimming Certificate

[Buster Bakdorzin]

r1ot said:

BSC and SSC??

Bronze Swimming Certificate and Silver Swimming Certificate

BSC here!

[rhinochopig]

Bull st counts, More st counts, Piled higher and Deeper.

[Simpo Two]

BB, if your friend is a real doctor he'll get the letters anyway.

What's the spin/scam?

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Simpo Two said:

What's the spin/scam?

More of an elaborate practical joke, with no further details forthcoming I'm afraid.

[stackmonkey]

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should just about do it.

[I.T.B]

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[968]

The_Doc said:

Buster Bakdorzin said:

after his name. If the doctor was as highly trained as doctors can be, in the field of cognitive neuroscience and related specialist fields. Also, what lettering do eye doctors acquire after their own further studies?

Eye surgeons go for the Fellowship exam, from their Royal College, as a final or exit exam. This allows them to put FRCOphth after their name.

Eg: Mr Nick Riviera BM BS (primary medical degree) FRCOphth (Exit degree)

As for cognitive neuroscience I have no idea, doesn't sound like surgery so I'm not interested.

I shall soon be:

The Doc BMedSci BM BS FRCSOrth

Not quite true. For Ophthalmology it depends which exit exam you do, at the moment we are MRCOphth, but will soon be FRCOphth (again). I'm MBBS BSc MRCOphth and will soon add an MD to that. Neurosciences are most likely to be neurologists who are MRCP (member of the royal college of physicians.)

[tigger1]

Buster Bakdorzin said:

SpydieNut said:

i was hoping for so much more from this thread

Cheers Doc/Rebuker.

Lets assume our doctor friend had qualified with the basics as a practising doctor, but an advanced understanding of neuroscience (and went to a posh uni) how might one order the following lettering correctly?

Mr Doc, FRCOphth MB ChB MRCPsych PhD MD MSc
(Which need to be removed, and in which order etc)

To complicate matters, he is also qualified at the highest level in the field of electrical engineering

Neatly side-stepping the fact he could be a DM, rather than an MD...

[968]

Buster Bakdorzin said:

SpydieNut said:

i was hoping for so much more from this thread

Cheers Doc/Rebuker.

Lets assume our doctor friend had qualified with the basics as a practising doctor, but an advanced understanding of neuroscience (and went to a posh uni) how might one order the following lettering correctly?

Mr Doc, FRCOphth MB ChB MRCPsych PhD MD MSc
(Which need to be removed, and in which order etc)

To complicate matters, he is also qualified at the highest level in the field of electrical engineering

Edited by Buster Bakdorzin on Thursday 14th August 18:45

in the case of so many qualifications, one tends to quote the most relevant ones, so in this case FRCOphth PhD are the ones I would quote. I don't quite believe he did an MD and a PhD, to be honest....

[sadako]

hmm, I think this subject may have a very wide speculum...