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Mohammad
How do you address a doctor in class/workshop/conference?
Dear friends
I appreciate if you answer to the following question.
Suppose you are in a conference or workshop and you want to address the tutor who is doctor with a PhD but is not a professor. For instance assume that s/he is a assistant/associate professor. How do you call her/him?
For example suppose that you want to say that:
'DOCTOR, I couldn't get all the points. May you give me more details?
Do you say in this way? if not I appreciate if you guide me how to address him/her formally and politely.
Thank you in advance for any help
Best regards
Mohammad
18 нояб. 2018 г., 19:55
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If you don't know the teacher's name, I agree with Mohammed that you should simply say "excuse me" or something similar, since just saying "doctor" does sound very formal. If you know the teacher's last name, though, then you can address him/her in the form "Dr. Smith" (the term "doctor" doesn't seem too formal if you use it with the person's name, since this is the correct form of address for someone with a doctoral degree.)
Some university teachers who aren't professors prefer to be addressed by their first names, but you should probably try out "Dr. Smith" first, and let the teacher correct you if he/she would prefer to be a bit more informal.
18 ноября 2018 г.
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You would not call him/her 'doctor' because this is far too formal. You would simply say 'Excuse me, I have a question.' Or, just raise your hand to indicate that you want to ask a question or to get his/her attention. Finally, if you know his/her first name, then use that instead.
I hope this helps,
Mohammad
18 ноября 2018 г.
Dear friends
Thank you very much for answer.
All the best
Mohammad
20 ноября 2018 г.
I was at university twenty years ago, so things might have changed, I was also studying medicine, so that might have made a difference on the use of the title doctor, but we would say "Dr Smith..."
18 ноября 2018 г.
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