<p>A doctor I know, actually a relative by marriage, claims on their Facebook page to have studied at Harvard. I know they didn’t, they attended a non-ivy medical school in NJ that they state is every bit as good as Harvard. As for their undergraduate school, a big non-ivy in NJ also. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>You probably don’t want to come under fire, so your best option is to ignore it.</p>
<p>Remember ‘studied at’ is vastly different than ‘graduated from’. Perhaps he took a course or attended a workshop at Harvard? An online course would even make that a true statement.</p>
<p>I agree with Beil. I would do nothing.</p>
<p>Wow, I would turn him in immediately to his state medical board. :eek:</p>
<p>hmm, I know “studied at” is vastly different from “graduated from” however, there are no other academic facilities mentioned; which I think, intentionally gives people a very erroneous notion of this person’s credentials. We laughed about this last night, because two people in our group could make similar claims based on: 1. a summer program 2. work-related seminars at Harvard. Oh, I forgot, and me; who did get a Harvard grad. degree, the hard way. We did all agree that this posting was mostly just pathetic.</p>
<p>It’s Facebook though, he’s not telling his patients this info. If he were writing this on a resume (or something similar) it would be different but for a social network, I would just leave it.</p>
<p>No big deal. An ego booster for him, too bad he feels he needs it. I know Harvard medical school grads who worked the same jobs in our midwestern city- they weren’t any better than anyone else and their H degree got them no further. Thank goodness we lived beyond the sphere of influence of those old schools.</p>
<p>It could be an inside joke or a way to hide from a reunion committee. I know many teens put incorrect locations. It helps them hide from strangers and others.</p>
<p>I suspect he took a course or so there but I do want to add that you might not know his entire educational history. I know a man who attended and graduated law school and only mentioned it to his siblings after he graduated! He was married with a kid and already had a regular career. He did it for enrichment purposes and didn’t want people to know.</p>
<p>I have a friend who lists the same thing on her linkedin bio, and I know that at most she attended some type of business seminar there. I think it’s pretty pathetic, but I would never do anything about it.</p>
<p>This is Facebook, not a diploma hanging in his office. If he was untruthful about his relationship status I would definitely out him, but a possibly misleading (while truthful… we don’t know right?) statement about studying at Harvard? I wouldn’t bother.</p>
<p>But the good news is we all now know that you have a legit graduate degree from Harvard! :D</p>
<p>We were talking about this the other night with regards to college sports. I took a summer class at Maryland, so I claim the right to say I attended and cheer for them. Husband took at class at Georgetown. D1 took a summer class at Cornell and got an ‘A’, so she has a 4.0 at an Ivy. </p>
<p>Unless the doctor claims he graduated and it’s listed on a serious website - FB doesn’t qualify. (how many HS kids you know list they are married to a classmate or have 10+ siblings in their grade? I know family pets w FB pages)</p>
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Hmm…Is CC a website more serious than FB? I believe CC has a rule that CCers should not misrepresent themselves. This rule sometimes gives some CCers some “inconvenience” when they would like to be somewhat anonymous, due to some sensitive nature of their posts. (e.g., pending divorce, private info about their children, etc.)</p>
<p>Tyra Banks claimed she had a Harvard degree too.</p>
<p>Like many, many others, I took a summer course and several extension courses at Harvard, enough to add up to a semester towards my BA. So I “studied” there. For that matter, I took a couple of programming courses at NYU, so I “studied” there, too. Maybe he took a course or two. </p>
<p>I’d just notch it up to pathetic insecurity on his part. He isn’t harming anyone.</p>
<p>My HS boyfriend has an attended ‘x’ school on his Facebook profile. He attended for a semester or two before dropping out.</p>
<p>Not sure, but I don’t think he finished his degree anywhere else. At least he’s just in publishing, not a doctor misrepresenting his education.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a few physicians make this claim when they have spent 1-4 weeks looking over another physician’s shoulder at Harvard/MassGen to learn different techniques. “Studied at Harvard” for 1-4 weeks in the scope of a general surgery residency of 5-7 YEARS or plastic surgery residency+fellowship of 6 - 9 YEARS. Buyer/patient beware.</p>
<p>I’m sure that it is also listed this way on his CV/resume.</p>
<p>I don’t see what’s for you to do, and how do you know he didn’t study at Harvard. DD1 wanted to experience Boston and spent a couple of months in the Harvard Summer school - no qualifications other than a good visa card needed. She doesn’t see any reason to go around flashing her “Harvard upbringing”, but if she did, it isn’t technically inaccurate.</p>
<p>Docs get away with a lot but it will be less in our new system. I think it’s good, personally. For health care I think consumers (ie, patients) ought to know all there is to know about the docs they hire (go see). That is: academic degrees, actual, not where attended; specialties that are endorsed by an actual residency they completed, where they obtained said degrees; malpractice accusations (sustained or not – and indicated appropriately). It is kind of ridiculous how this particular profession has shrouded itself in a very thick veil of secrecy.</p>
<p>And I have a kid going into it so don’t shoot me!</p>