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  2. List of doctoral degrees in the US - Wikipedia

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    Since then, the list of recognized research degrees has been constant, although most Ed.D. degree programs were determined to have a professional rather than research focus and removed from the survey in 2010–2011; despite this, the Ed.D. remains the second most popular research doctorate in the SED after the Ph.D in 2022. (albeit with 0.9% ...

  3. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug. A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is a formal communication from a physician or other registered healthcare professional to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient.

  4. Physicians in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Physicians and surgeons play an important role in the provision of health care in Canada. They are responsible for the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. As Canadian medical schools solely offer the Doctor of ...

  5. Doctor (title) - Wikipedia

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    Doctor (title) Former Vassar College president Catharine Bond Hill wearing doctoral robes. She has a doctorate and can thus carry the title of "Doctor". Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. [1] The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre [dɔˈkeːrɛ] 'to teach'.

  6. Doctor of Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    A Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor philosophiae) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD (or, at times ...

  7. Family medicine - Wikipedia

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    Hospitals, clinics, emergency departments, long-term care. Family medicine [note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [2] [3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a ...

  8. Podiatry - Wikipedia

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    Podiatry ( / poʊˈdaɪ.ətri / poh-DY-ə-tree ), or podiatric medicine and surgery ( / ˌpoʊdiˈætrɪk, poʊˈdaɪ.ətrɪk / POH-dee-AT-rik, poh-DY-ə-trik ), is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower limb. The healthcare professional is known as a podiatrist. [1]

  9. Residency (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Anesthesia residents being led through training with a patient simulator. Residency or postgraduate training is a stage of graduate medical education.It refers to a qualified physician (one who holds the degree of MD, DO, MBBS/MBChB), veterinarian (DVM/VMD, BVSc/BVMS), dentist (DDS or DMD), podiatrist or pharmacist who practices medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, podiatry, or clinical ...