Non-rhetorical Question

[zianuray]

If someone says on a radio ad "This is Doctor FirstName LastName, Head of Private  Mental Hospital for Children," what would you suppose the person's degree to be in?

He has a PhD in Education.  (E.D.?)  (snerk)
I know this for a fact, being a friend of the family (whom the ex-wife and the kids got in the divorce :D ) and was around while he was finishing his dissertation and celebrated with them on the news that it had been accepted.


I asked because several people in the area had the impression that he must be either a psychiatrist or a psychologist,  and I agreed that the phrasing of the ad was misleading.

Comments

[brujah.livejournal.com]

Pediatric psychiatry.

Or marketing.

[apocalypticbob.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Business management.

Have the best

-=Kiyoshi

[turlock.livejournal.com]

Genetics, physical therapy, veteranary science and archetecture.

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

*wipes sodapop off screen*

Dangit....

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Since he is the HEAD, a business major would be most useful... but Doctorates are weird. Possibly Psychology or a Ph.D?

[alaskan-blue.livejournal.com]

I would hope to god it would be something along the lines of child psychology or something.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

Either a PhD psychologist or an MD psychiatrist

[anchasta.livejournal.com]

(bounced here from BPAL listy with a spare two cents to share)

I'm not shocked, surprised, nor do I find it terribly misleading, personally - I have a friend working on her Masters in Education, and the classes are very very strong on psychology and child behavior and development. I can't even imagine what the PhD requirements for that are - but knowing what I know of the Masters program, I'd trust my child with someone with those qualifications, if I liked them and their methods of help.