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MB = Medical Bachelor?

 
 
Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 04:01 am

A professor with only a bachelor degree? That is what confused me.
Perhaps he had a PhD degree in other field?

Context:
Dr Jean Carlet MD a , Prof Peter Collignon MB b, Don Goldmann MD c d, Herman Goossens MD e, Inge C Gyssens MD f g, Stephan Harbarth MD h, Vincent Jarlier MD i, Stuart B Levy MD j, Babacar N'Doye MD k, Prof Didier Pittet MD h, Rosana Richtmann MD l, Prof Wing H Seto MD m, Jos WM van der Meer MD f, Andreas Voss MD g

More:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60401-7/fulltext#aff2
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 05:34 am
@oristarA,
From Wikipedia,
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Bachelor of Medicine, an academic degree (Medicinae Baccalaureus)
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 07:18 am
@izzythepush,
Thanks for confirming
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:15 pm
@oristarA,

Yes, these degree abbreviations are all from the Latin, Oristar.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:45 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
A professor with only a bachelor degree? That is what confused me.
Perhaps he had a PhD degree in other field?

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Professor Peter Collignon
Director of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

MB BS(Hons), BSc(Med), FASM, FRACP, FRCPA
Professor, Australian National University Medical School.
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Professionals holding MBBS Degrees are referred to by the title of "Doctor" and use the prefix "Dr".
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firefly
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:58 pm
@oristarA,
Professor Peter Collignon, Director of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
MB BS(Hons), BSc(Med), FASM, FRACP, FRCPA
Professor, Australian National University Medical School.

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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae (abbreviated in various ways, viz. "BMBS", MB BChir, BM BCh, MB BCh, MB ChB, MB BS, BM, BMed, MBBS etc.), are the two first professional degrees awarded upon graduation from medical school in medicine and surgery by universities in various countries that follow the tradition of the United Kingdom. The naming suggests that they are two separate degrees; however, in practice, they are usually treated as one and awarded together. Usually, students who have graduated with a "Bachelor of Medicine" degree may also practice surgery, because it is equivalent to the "Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery" degree

Most Australian medical schools confer MBBS degrees. However, The University of Newcastle confers BMed. This degree is equivalent to MB BS and any BMed graduate may practice in any field of Medicine of their own choice including surgery.
In Australia, Doctor of Medicine (MD) is an advanced research degree requiring two years' full time enrolment, compared to a PhD which requires three years' full time enrolment. The University of Melbourne will soon award "MD" to their MBBS equivalent graduates as will several others including The University of Western Australia located in Perth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery


The MB BS degree in Australia is, therefore, the equivalent of an MD degree elsewhere, and it indicates that the recipient graduated from medical school. Professor Collignon is Australian. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, indicating he completed a post-graduate specialist training program in medicine and his areas of specialization are microbiology, pathology, and infectious diseases.

I just learned something new by checking this out for you--I didn't realize that Australian medical schools haven't typically awarded MD degrees.




Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 02:22 pm
@firefly,
firefly wrote:
I just learned something new by checking this out for you--I didn't realize that Australian medical schools haven't typically awarded MD degrees.


Similar e.g. in Germany (s as well as in many other European countries): when finishing your medical study exam, you get an equivalent to the 'MD'. Afterwards, you can make your "Dr.med" (equivalent to a Ph.D.).

[To become a 'professor' in Germany, you have additionally to write a "habitilation thesis"]
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McTag
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 09:01 am
@firefly,

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The MB BS degree in Australia


Bachelor of medical bullshit!

Waaahahahahahahahahaha cough cough.

Embarrassed
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