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Okay, not knocking you.  PT's are great.  But this is just another example of how the explosion of "Doctor type credentials" are getting more and more confusing.  A "Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist" who is "residency trained" could easily lead someone to believe that you are a physician, like an Orthopedic Surgeon.  Add to the "Doctorate" in your degree, if you refer to yourself as "Doctor JML, a Board-Certified Orthopedic Specialist" who did your "residency at UCMC", many people (including many who are much smarter than I am) will think you are a physician.  

 

Added more clarity to my signature. Not meant to confuse anybody about my credentials. Thanks for heads up.

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JML- DPT

Physical Therapist | Board-Certified Orthopedic Specialist | Residency-trained at UCMC

That makes more sense.  Tells people you're a PT, with a Doctorate, and a PT board certification and residency under your belt.  

 

With all of the other stuff you had in your 'signature' line it looked like you were a nursing academic type.  Generally speaking, the more 'crap' one has after their name, the less credibility that most people actually give them.  (Hence my joke about all of the 'crap' in my hypothetical signature line).  

 

 

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That makes more sense.  Tells people you're a PT, with a Doctorate, and a PT board certification and residency under your belt.  

 

With all of the other stuff you had in your 'signature' line it looked like you were a nursing academic type.  Generally speaking, the more 'crap' one has after their name, the less credibility that most people actually give them.  (Hence my joke about all of the 'crap' in my hypothetical signature line).  

 

 

 

Hah what's funny is that I am in a nursing graduate program right now at Rush University in Chicago. So I do know where you're coming from with the credential stuff. Not all of them, but some of them.

 

That is one thing I've realized about specialization credentials...no one knows the alphabet soup except those in the same respective field. I'd like to consider myself educated and at least try to understand some of them from other professions (for my own personal interest).

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