/b/veterinary-news/posts/131199 As of today, veterinary surgeons in the UK can call themselves &#39;Doctor&#39;, following a decision made by the RCVS Council. The decision to allow the use of the courtesy title followed a consultation which received 11,202 responses, of which 81% wereen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/131199Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:42:17 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3ed80a48-0c03-4f0a-b2a4-e311afc638443leggedcat0<p>Hahaha! So, i&#39;m supposed to now ignore the &#39;Medicine&#39;qualification part of my BVetMed. &nbsp;Okay, I hereby declare myself Dr 3leggedcat Bachelor of &#39;Vetrinary&#39; MRCVS :) </p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=131199&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/131199Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:36:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3ed80a48-0c03-4f0a-b2a4-e311afc638443leggedcat0<p>Hahaha! So, I should ignore the &#39;medicine&#39; at the end of my BVetMed, then? I hereby call myself Dr 3leggedcat Bachelor of &#39;Veterinary&#39; MRCVS :)</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=131199&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/131199Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:52:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3ed80a48-0c03-4f0a-b2a4-e311afc63844Bob Russell0<p>I actually do have a medical qualification! It is in the title of my bachelors degree. True it is not human medicine but it seems strange that the RCVS do not seem to understand the term &quot;medical qualification&quot;.</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=131199&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">