Ambiguity Writing Degree Doctor

Ambiguity Writing Degree Doctor - Writing a medical degree in many discourses often creates differences and debate. Although seemingly trivial, but this problem can be tricky, especially when seeing the rules of writing in Indonesian language properly. Some people may have a lot to understand the differences a medical degree and a doctorate. If the former is his profession, then the second is an academic degree.

If the first one refers to the education level S1 (plus), then the latter is a degree S3. However, a different story when writing the abbreviated title and stamped in front of someone's name, for example :

1. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
2. dr. Fahmi Idris
3. DR. Budi Gunawan Sutomo

Of the three names above, where a doctor who graduated from S3, who is a doctor or medical personnel and who is a doctor or a fake doctor ?

Doctor With "d" Small

Some people may be informed and familiar with the letter "d" minor medical degree in writing and the letter "D" to condense the doctoral degree as written in point number 1 and 2 above. The problem that arises then is how when writing a medical degree at the beginning of the sentence, will not violate the rules of language ? Considering every sentence should begin writing capital letters.

To address the confusion, there is an advocate for not abbreviate the title doctor when you want to put in the beginning of a sentence, for example :

• Doctor Budi Gunawan Sutomo directly examine patients victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in evacuation shelters.

In this context also, it was suggested that as much as possible avoid writing a medical degree at the beginning of a sentence, for example:

• As soon as he arrived on the scene, dr. Budi Gunawan Sutomo directly examine patients victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in evacuation shelters.

The trend at Indonesian Doctor Association

Among doctors, medical students and those who frequently wrote letters to physicians should be enough to mess around with the confusion is. Therefore, the Indonesian Medical Association suggested that the distinction of writing a medical degree and a doctorate based on the letter "R" her. R is great for small r doctors and physicians. Thus the ambiguity about the use of capital letters in a sentence can be resolved.

In the seminar activities, Indonesian Doctor Association had been taking the abbreviation "Dr." as short for a medical degree consistently. Similarly, health magazine, Doctor We, also managed by the former health minister, DR. Dr. Siti Fadillah Supari.