Dear all, not sure if this is the correct place to ask but here goes. If all things goes well, I'd complete all requirements for my Doctor of Industrial Technology by Oct this year. Lets proceed with the rest of this post with the assumption that I will graduate. Here is my dilemma, I'd want to cite this credential (the doctorate) in my namecard and the segments that I work for are healthcare and education. The business deals with consultancy and training that deals with health technology. I did a fair bit of googling and it seems that the abbreviation for Doctor of Industrial Technology is D.I.T or D.Ind.Tech. I also hold a MSc and various professional certifications, post grad diplomas (also starting my MBA). I do not see any value in listing the MSc in my namecard but would list the MBA (when I do finish it) From what I read off the net, suggestions for listing this doctorate includes 1) Dr. JimmySDG or 2) JimmySGD D.Ind.Tech or 3) JimmySGD D.I.T I'm inclined to option one as its not easy to explain the Doctor of Industrial Technology either with D.I.T or D.Ind.Tech (and it take up too much space in my namecare) but would putting 'Dr." be too pretentious? The market segment of the consultancy is in healthcare and education where there are 'Doctors', aplenty, be it medical or PhDs. Your valuable opinions please
Typically the school that grants the diploma has a preferred way for the postnomial to be listed. I would not use the Dr. option.
I would use the standard designation of D.I.T. per the US Dept of Education ad the NSF. www2.ed.gov/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc On your resume/CV spell it out.
Maybe put JimmySGD D.I.T, MSc To make it more obvious that the D in D.I.T stands for "doctorate"? From what I recall it isn't considered proper to put "Dr" in front of your name in contexts that are different from what your doctorate is in ... so in a healthcare context, it wouldn't be appropriate for someone who is not a medical doctor to call themselves "Dr whoever".
You could just move it to the next line (like a designation) and have the best of both worlds... Dr. JimmySDG BSc, MSc, D.I.T
Hi Guys, Thanks for the input, it affirms my 'fears' although I've seen a lot of people, both MD and PhDs, put 'Dr' <name> instead of <name> PhD or MD. The stuff I got off the internet is quite iffy, some say yes (because I'd doing consulting and the Doctorate is in a relevant field - thesis is in health informatics) but some say no because its pretentious and might cause confusion, esp since I would use the namecard for both context of education and healthcare (I also design and teach health informatics courses) I'd most probably skip the Bachelor as it would take up too much space but would but MSc, D.I.T (and in future, MSc, MBA, DIT) Thanks for all the help.
I somehow missed this post. I think its a great idea! Would this be deem appropriate? - to list both Dr. and D.I.T?
You might be right (I don't know). However, the business cards that I've seen always list the doctorate first: John Doe, PhD, MA Is there an official APA (or other) way that specifies how it should be listed? I agree with others that either doctor OR the credential should be listed, but not both. Dr. John Doe, PhD (no) Dr. John Doe (yes) John Doe, Phd (yes)
Hi Jimmy, If you don't mind me asking, what school are you going to? Is it an online or on-ground program?
I think it would be fine on separate lines. It serves as clarification and means you can't be accused of presenting yourself as a doctor of medicine or any other confusion.
I'm pretty sure that you can either list the highest degree earned by itself, or degrees are supppose to be listed in the order earned. Rich
Here is a wikipedia article on the subject that discusses UK practice in detail but not USA practice. Post-nominal letters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is most common for those with doctoral degrees to list only the highest degree earned. Otherwise, as RBTullo states it is also common for people to list multiple degrees in the order earned (John Doe, BS, MA). Those with first professional degrees (MD, JD, etc.) who earn masters degrees will typically list them after the first professional doctorate, since the first professional degree is earned first, e.g. Jane Doe MD, MS or John Doe, JD, LLM. Now having said that, can you list your degrees in a different order? Sure...it's your card! Anthony Piña, A.A. B.A. Ed.M. Ed.D. (or maybe that should be Ed.D. Ed.M. B.A. A.A., since I am left-handed)
Try this on for size. If you are certified by the American Translators Association for, lets say French, Spanish and German interpreted to English, you would have: Maniac Craniac, CT(E>S, S>E, E>F, F>E, E>G, G>E) It looks more like an Atari game than it does a signature line.
You can also throw in some professional certifications and make alphabet soup: Randell, PhD (ABD), MS, MBA( x1.5), BS (x2), AA, MCSE NT 4.0, MCP+Internet, MCSA Win 2K, Net+, A+, Server+, Security+, Project+, i-Net+, CSSGB, and all around good guy
Hi Guys, Apologies for the 'disappearance', I was out of the country and had very little internet access. Lukeness: Thanks for the tip, I took a look at the namecards I received and am glad to see a sizable number of Physicians and Academicians listing their titles and qualification in the manner you described - 2 lines. Mrtito02: It's a BM state-owned institute that happens to have some of it's doctorate program available online. I'm not going to mentioned it yet least I 'jinx' anything Randell1234: As mentioned in my first few post, I'll not list everything, the simple reason being - even if I omit the 'lower qualifications', I still end up with a long string of alphabets behind my name - which imho is very pretentious (yes, its longer than what you typed above and I've not even include the membership/fellowships part as mentioned in the wiki link provided by Ian Anderson). Thanks for all the great advice, sincerely appreciated. Cheers