Vincient

I am currently in an Ed.D. Program with an emphasis in adult education. Like me, many of the students in my class are in medical or clinical occupations (nursing, dietetics, physical therapy, etc.). The Ed.D. has helped me be a better patient educator and manager. It's not just a degree for people in education, it's a degree to help people in all fields be better educators. Patient education is a vital constituent of any medical therapy. There are many intelligent people in the medical center where I work who know nothing about learning theories or teaching methods. Their patients suffer because of that lack of knowledge on the part of their providers. The following US government website list degrees which are equivalent to a Ph.D : http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc This shows the Ed.D. as an equivalent degree to the Ph.D. The website also shows many others which are Ph.D equivalents.