To be annoyed they don’t use Dr Choi’s title

[Lolastarsandstripes]

Headline states “nurse”, but looking further this woman is an associate professor with a phd.

Aibu to feel that it’s disrespectful to not use her correct title in the article. If it was a male, I’m certain they would be using it!

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9026685/Nurse-took-Pfizers-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-said-highest-fever-life.html?login#comments-9026685

I think this is more likely to be a consequence of snobbery around the difference between a medical doctor and the holder of a PhD. A friend of mine is a pharmacist and has had to fight to be addressed as Doctor rather than Mister within his practice. And doctors REALLY don’t like nurses with PhD’s being addressed as Doctor.

Is she a nurse by profession before going into academia though? I'm sure some nurses, even if no longer practicing, are proud to describe themselves as nurses?
It's actually nothing to be ashamed of, op

It’s absolutely nothing to be ashamed of being a nurse! But she has a title which should be used. I think that if this was a man, the title would definitely be used

Her own Twitter account doesn't call use the prefix Dr though, just "Kristen Choi, PhD, RN". It sounds like all the media reports are just using her own preferred terms.

If her twitter account has PhD then she does use her doctorate and it's rude not to call her Dr. I think people have a weird mental block about the fact you can be a Dr and a nurse.

And doctors REALLY don’t like nurses with PhD’s being addressed as Doctor.

Only dickhead doctors. Most doctors are perfectly used to other professionals holding this title. Most doctors are decent people in my experience.

"Most doctors are decent people in my experience."

Thank-you, Stompythedinosaur, for recognizing this.

Although, I am a psychiatrist and fear that the epithet may not apply to me.

Note to self: stop making notes just to myself...

And doctors REALLY don’t like nurses with PhD’s being addressed as Doctor.

Is this endemic? Bastards!

I think that in a hospital context, it might be a bit confusing if someone who was a nurse was being addressed as 'doctor'
I can imagine other nurses also finding that a bit confusing and annoying

Is it confusing when surgeons aren't called doctor?

@Harmarsuperstar

I think that in a hospital context, it might be a bit confusing if someone who was a nurse was being addressed as 'doctor' I can imagine other nurses also finding that a bit confusing and annoying

But these are articles about her? It's not in a hospital context!

@tallduckandhandsome

Is it confusing when surgeons aren't called doctor?

No, I suppose not, but you wouldn't be asking a surgeon to prescribe something on a busy hospital ward, where you might not know all the staff on it. I suppose it wouldn't be a massive problem if there was a nurse who everyone was calling Dr, but s/he might get a bit fed up of being asked for stuff that wasn't part of her job 🤷‍♀️

I can understand wanting to avoid the confusion between a PhD and a MD doctor, being she is a medical professional but perhaps she could be called Professor Choi in this case.

@MrsLebowski

I can understand wanting to avoid the confusion between a PhD and a MD doctor, being she is a medical professional but perhaps she could be called Professor Choi in this case.

She could, and it'd be appropriate in the US context, wouldn't it?

I would normally agree with you but the in the context of the article and headline it would have been confusing to refer to her as doctor.