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internal medicine residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.0801 - 61.0899.

What internal medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.8 / 5; level 6.2 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Psychology — 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 built by a internal medicine 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 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

Abilities

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

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

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.7 / 7
Getting Information	4.6 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.6 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.6 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.6 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.5 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.4 / 7
Processing Information	4.4 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	✓
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
eClinicalWorks EHR software	Medical software	—
Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR	Medical software	—
athenahealth athenaCollector	Medical software	—
Vitera Healthcare Solutions Vitera Intergy	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Physician
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• MD (Medical Doctor)
• Hospitalist Physician
• Urologist
• Nocturnist Hospitalist
• Pediatric Hospitalist Physician
• Consultant Physician
• Pediatric Hospitalist
• Internal Medicine Hospitalist
• OB Hospitalist (Obstetrics Hospitalist)
• Intensivist
• Hospitalist Medical Doctor (Hospitalist MD)
• Nocturnist
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalist (Neonatal ICU Hospitalist)

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to internal 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	49.6%
Doctoral degree	37.4%
Master’s degree	5.7%
Bachelor’s degree	2.8%
First professional degree	2.7%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	0.7%
Postsecondary certificate	0.4%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.4%
Some college courses	0.2%
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	—
Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Dermatology Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Emergency Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Family 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.