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Need to get some cards made up and am unsure of how to punctuate my credentials.Originally Posted by dl20
Would it be
Mike Jones, M.S.
Mike Jones M.S.
Mike Jones, MS
I think the first example would be correct but am not 100% sure.
Thanks
DL
why do you want to? this seems to be more common in the 3rd world
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Is your M.S. directly relevant to your reasons for handing out your cards?Originally Posted by grimslade
Yes, I'm a therapist at a few sites in the area and want to have a generic business card to hand out to patients. In the mental health field your degree determines whether you are a social worker, counselor, therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. I guess I'm also taking cues from business cards that have been made up for me by some of the places I have worked which included by credentials without my asking for them to be included or not. dl
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Healthcare is very credential driven and people usually put every letter after their names that they can. Usually you will see
Firstname Lastname, degrees (go MS in this case), then any licensing/certification
So:
Firstname Lastname, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Firstname Lastname, MSW, CICW
Firstname Lastname, degrees (go MS in this case), then any licensing/certification
So:
Firstname Lastname, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Firstname Lastname, MSW, CICW
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WTF dude?Originally Posted by imageWIS
Jon.
I'm just playing on your persecution complex, as expressed in the moderation log.
To the OP's question, since it seems that credentialing yourself is indicated in your circumstance (which you could have made clear in your OP, and so avoided the ribbing above), I'd do <comma> M.A.
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It's not a complex if people do bring me up for no good reason (as you did).Originally Posted by imageWIS
Jon.
It wasn't totally no good reason. You laughed at him when he was seeking honest, helpful advice without offering him an answer. The OP overreacted, but it's not as if you were exactly being helpful, was it?
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It wasn't totally no good reason. You laughed at him when he was seeking honest, helpful advice without offering him an answer. The OP overreacted, but it's not as if you were exactly being helpful, was it?Originally Posted by grimslade
Um, no I laughed at another posters comment. I wasn't laughing at the OP at all, especially since the comment I laughed at was obviously posted in order to make the OP relax and perhaps put him in a more jovial mood. Because he (and apparently you) didn't see it that way, is another matter.
I might be incorrectly presuming here, but you have quoted and laughed at another posters humorous comments, no? I mean from time to time.
Jon.
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Originally Posted by grimslade
To the OP's question, since it seems that credentialing yourself is indicated in your circumstance (which you could have made clear in your OP, and so avoided the ribbing above), I'd do <comma> M.A.
Yeah, if just one degree, use periods. When you get a string after your name, a period = a characater space, so usually multi-degreed/credentialed people end up going with no periods.
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