When someone without a medical degree sees a flagged result with no explanation on the website, there's room for all kinds of stories to form in their minds and also great worry.

But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval.

I found it impossible to gain a toehold in academia: no one wanted my specialism and my first degree was in a different subject.