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emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.0601 - 61.0699.

What emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Coursework for emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs emphasize a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

This major prepares you for careers needing emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• English Language — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.6 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.

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

Skills

The skill set developed in a emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Active Listening — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Getting Information	4.7 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.7 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.6 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.5 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7
Working with Computers	4.4 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.3 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.3 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.3 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Geographic information system GIS software	Geographic information system	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Material safety data sheet MSDS software	Compliance software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for emergency medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Emergency Department Doctor (ED Doctor)
• Emergency Doctor
• Trauma Doctor
• Emergency Medicine Specialist
• ER Doctor (Emergency Room Doctor)
• Emergency Medicine Physician (EM Physician)
• Pulmonary Critical Care Physician
• ER Physician (Emergency Room Physician)
• Attending Physician
• Attending Emergency Physician
• Critical Care Intensivist
• Emergency MD (Emergency Medicine Doctor)
• Urgent Care Physician
• Disaster Medicine Physician
• Wound Care Physician

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to emergency medicine 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	45.8%
Doctoral degree	30.6%
Master’s degree	12.6%
Bachelor’s degree	5.6%
First professional degree	2.2%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.6%
Postsecondary certificate	0.9%
Some college courses	0.2%
Post-baccalaureate certificate	0.2%
Post-master’s certificate	0.2%
High school diploma or equivalent	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	—
Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Dermatology 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.