In a medical context, any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The term doctor is quite nonspecific. A doctor may, for example, be a physician, psychologist, biomedical scientist, dentist, or veterinarian.

Throughout most of the academic world, the term "doctor" refers to an individual who earned a Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph.D. The Ph.D. was originally a degree granted by a university to learned individuals who had achieved the approval of their peers and who had demonstrated a long and productive career in the field of philosophy.

The word "doctor" comes from the Latin "docere" meaning to teach. A doctor was a teacher, especially a learned or authoritative one.

 

The degree was popularized in the 19th century at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin as a degree to be granted to someone who had undertaken original research in the sciences or humanities. From there it spread to the United States, arriving at Yale University in 1861, and then to the United Kingdom in 1921. This displaced the existing Doctor of Philosophy degree in some Universities; for instance, the D.Phil. at the University of St Andrews was discontinued and replaced with the Ph.D. (research doctorate). However, some UK universities such as Oxford, York and Sussex retain the D.Phil. appellation for their research degrees, as does the University of Waikato in New Zealand.Some ability to carry out original research must be documented by producing a dissertation or thesis, often of substantial length. The degree and title "doctor" is often a prerequisite for permanent (or nearly permanent) employment as a university lecturer or as a researcher in some sciences, though this varies on a regional basis. In others such as engineering or geology, a doctoral degree is considered desirable but not essential for employment. In a small but growing number of fields, the doctorate is felt to injure employment prospects by causing 'overqualification' for the job. A doctor may, for example, be a physician, psychologist, biomedical scientist, dentist, or veterinarian.

Professional doctorates are many and varied, including the Doctor of Audiology, Doctor Educationis or Doctor of Education, Doctor of Business Administration, Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Psychology, Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Musical Arts or Artes Musicalis Doctor, Doctor of Fine Arts, and so on. Many professional doctorates have some research and other requirements similar to the Ph.D., however, those doctorates have limited academic standing in most American academic institutions.

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 Uses of "Doctor :
 


* In some regions such as the American South, "Doctor" is traditionally added to the    first name of people holding    doctorates, where it is used in either direct or    indirect familiar address, eg. "Dr. Bill" instead of "Dr. Smith."

* "Doc" is a common nickname or for someone with a doctoral degree, in real life and    in fiction — for example, the    character "Doc" in Gunsmoke, and Doc Holliday. Also,    Doc Savage, 'Man of Bronze', a series of young adult pulp    fiction paperback books    popular among US high school students during the 1960s and 1970s.

* In Roman Catholicism, a Doctor of the Church is an eminent theologian (e.g.    Thomas Aquinas) from whose teachings    the whole Christian Church is held to    have derived great advantage. This is not an academic title but reflects the most    ancient sense of the word as "teacher".

* Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum is a piano composition by Claude Debussy satirising    Clementi's series of studies Gradus ad Parnassum.

* Some nicknames incorporate the title "Dr." for humorous or other effect. Examples    are basketball player Julius Erving, commonly known as "Dr. J", or the movie villain    Dr. Evil.

 
 
   
 
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