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I had a friend whose mother was a doctor, and I was in the process of interviewing someone who had recently graduated from medical school. My interviewer asked me, “What do you think of the profession?” I replied, “It’s not all that great,” and gave him the best answer I could.
My friend was surprised that I wasn’t all that impressed. “Doctors are just people, aren’t they?” he replied. “No, there are lots of other people who do similar things.
You’re right, and if you’ve ever had a friend try to tell you the same thing then you know that it’s true. Doctors are people, not special powers. It would be interesting to see how you would feel if someone said, “No, I don’t have a special power. I’m just a normal person.
I understand the “normal person” part but I also think we’re missing that most of us aren’t normal.
While most of us are not doctors, there are plenty of others who are. The term doctor, however, can be misleading. Doctors are people who have specialties in a field of study. Doctors are also people. So you might want to think twice about how you would feel if you heard someone say they are a doctor. Also, there is a difference between medicine and the medical specialties.
The difference between medicine and the medical specialties is that doctors are not medical doctors. Doctors are people who specialize in a particular field of study. Doctors are not medical doctors (and are not doctors), so they don’t actually have medical degrees. Doctors can do a little bit of everything else, and are trained to do so. They may be called an anesthesiologist, an oncologist, or an orthopedic surgeon, for example.
And the difference between an anesthesiologist and a doctor is that doctors are trained to do some things that are not anesthesiologists. Doctors are trained to do things they are NOT called to do. Doctors are trained in areas of medicine that are not within the scope of what they are called to do, such as emergency medicine, but that is not what they are called to do.
I like this idea. Instead of having a name that indicates who you are, you could choose a name that indicates what you are calling yourself. For instance, I like the idea of calling myself a designer, but my favorite design firms are named after design topics, such as the Cooper Hewitt Office, The Cooper Hewitt Design Center, or the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum.
I’m sure this is something that would get very tired after a while, but it might be a good idea.
I am not suggesting that we have no name for ourselves, though. The idea of calling ourselves what we are is actually one of the most popular among business professionals. If you are a designer, you can usually be called a designer, but if you are the CEO of a corporation, you’re probably not allowed to use that name. In the world of general business, though, it is not uncommon for people to use the name they were born with when referring to themselves as a person.