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combined medical residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.0101 - 61.0199.

What combined medical residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Programs in combined medical residency/fellowship programs build a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that combined medical residency/fellowship programs graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in combined medical residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.8 / 5; level 6.0 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

Skills developed in a combined medical residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to combined medical residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, combined medical residency/fellowship programs graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.6 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.6 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.6 / 7
Getting Information	4.6 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.5 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.4 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.3 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.3 / 7
Working with Computers	4.2 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by combined medical residency/fellowship programs professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	✓
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
eClinicalWorks EHR software	Medical software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
Microsoft Access	Data base user interface and query software	—
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR	Medical software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for combined medical residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Physician
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• MD (Medical Doctor)
• Hospitalist Physician
• Medical Doctor (MD)
• Doctor
• Pediatric Hospitalist Physician
• Pediatric Hospitalist
• Intensivist
• Trauma Doctor
• Urologist
• Primary Care Physician
• Rheumatologist
• Oncologist
• Pulmonologist

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to combined medical residency/fellowship programs graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Post-doctoral training	51.2%
Doctoral degree	36.1%
Master’s degree	6.4%
Bachelor’s degree	2.6%
First professional degree	2.1%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	0.8%
Postsecondary certificate	0.4%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.2%
Some college courses	0.1%
Post-master’s certificate	0.1%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical Residency Programs	—
Allergy and Immunology Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Anesthesiology Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Dermatology Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Emergency Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Family Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Internal Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other	—
MEDICAL RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS	—
Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs	—
Neurological Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs	—

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.