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family medicine residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.0701 - 61.0799.

What family medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

Coursework in family medicine residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• English Language — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

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

Skills

The skill set built by a family medicine residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.

Abilities

The cognitive and physical abilities most relevant to family medicine residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.8 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.7 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Working with Computers	4.5 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.3 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.3 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.2 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.1 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.1 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
e-MDs topsE&M Coder	Medical software	—
e-MDs software	Medical software	—
Scheduling software	Calendar and scheduling software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• General Practice Doctor (GP Doctor)
• Family Medicine PCP (Family Medicine Primary Care Physician)
• General Practitioner
• Medical Staff Physician
• Family Medicine Physician
• Doctor
• Physician
• Family Practice Medical Doctor (FP MD)
• Family Practice Practitioner
• Public Health Physician
• Primary Care Physician
• Family Practice Physician Traditional Practitioner
• Occupational Physician
• Family Physician
• Outpatient Family Medicine Physician

Education Typically Required

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

Education Level	Share of Workers
Doctoral degree	42.1%
Post-doctoral training	24.1%
Master’s degree	22.6%
Bachelor’s degree	7.3%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	2.2%
Postsecondary certificate	1.4%
Post-master’s certificate	0.2%
Some college courses	0.2%

^{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	—
Emergency 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.