Interesting comment Willie.

I undertook the exercise to find out the kind of work needed to gain
a particular qualification and it was meant as a rather lighthearted
look at all those letters after Dr. Sapuris name rather than
something more serious.

I must agree with you that good patient rapport and an excellent
bedside manner are qualities that are important to being a doctor
however I must state the following:
- A qualification lets the public know that a certain standard of
expertise has been atained by the candidate.
- the qualification allows one to make an appropriate judgement as
to the skill of the person (having a fellowship suggests greater
expertise as compared to a diploma because of the more rigourous
requirements for qualification).

The publics interaction with doctors is limited and therefore the
qualifications are important in allowing them to make an appropriate
decision about the doctor they will be seeing.

Finally where you get your qualifications from is also important.
For instance a fellowship in surgery from Russia may not be as well
recognised as one from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
for various reasons.

In summary your qualifications atest to your competence as a doctor
having had your knowledge and skills tested by senior peers as
opposed to your 'likability' which is a measure of your personality
rather than your medical acumen.

Cheers;

Tim

--- In pngdoctors-general@yahoogroups.com, William Mol
<molwillie@...> wrote:
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> Simple! Alex,
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> Shock, meaning I thought Dr. Sapuri was the boss of his clinic
up on the hill but he left & interesting, because there may be some
deeper reasons behind it.
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> Apart from that, sorry but I do not have much information. Tim,
I think the best thing about being a dr. is that our patients like &
trust us rather than our qualifications.
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> William
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