Dear Allstat-People,
this was my most successful ALLSTAT-query, at least in numbers of
replies (21).
The topic seems to be sufficiently complex that even that lareg number
of opinions is not enough to generate something near consensus:
Although the following can be said:
- most people would agree, that local degrees should not be tranferred
to other countries degrees, but rather be keept as they are or not
given at all in scientific publications. Alas, the publisher sometime
want it differently.
- The UK and the USA are more different in their degrees than I
thought. This is especially true for the medical profession.
- I have been following Graem Ambler advice (see below).
Copies of the replies follow:
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"Allan, Teresa" <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Dietrich
An MD is somebody who has carried out an unsupervised piece of
research in
the medical field. It is possible to get PhDs in the UK in medical
areas
but they are titled PhD not MD. The MD doesn't have the same sort of
formal
training that PhDs have to undergo. However, medics think that an MD
is
worth more than a PhD as it is unsupervised. I disagree as they vary
in
quality. So if your PhD in medicine is a supervised degree and has
formal
training then I would insist that PhD be used.
Teresa
Teresa Allan
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Primary Care & General Practice
Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
Tel: 0121 414 7398
Fax: 0121 414 6571
email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Dietrich Alte (Statistician, Dipl.-Stat.)
- SHIP // Project Management -
University of Greifswald - Medical Faculty
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
URL http://www.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/epidem/
Phone +49(0)3834-867713, fax ++49(0)3834-866684
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