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nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.1201 - 61.1299.

What nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• English Language — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.6 / 7.
• Computers and Electronics — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.

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

Skills

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

• Speaking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.

Abilities

The cognitive and physical abilities most relevant to nuclear 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 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.6 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Working with Computers	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.3 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.2 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.2 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.2 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.1 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.1 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
DOC Cop	Information retrieval or search software	—
Blackboard Learn	Computer based training software	—
Turning Technologies TurningPoint	Multi-media educational software	—
Adobe Presenter	Computer based training software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Music Therapy Teacher
• Gastroenterology Professor
• Serology Teacher
• Physical Therapy Professor
• Dentistry Teacher
• Dental Laboratory Technology Teacher
• Clinical Professor
• Optometry Teacher
• Mental Health Aides Teacher
• Pharmacology Professor
• Inhalation Therapy Aides Teacher
• Gericare Aide Teacher
• Dental Hygiene Teacher
• Surgical Technology Instructor
• Recreation Therapy Teacher

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to nuclear 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	30.4%
Doctoral degree	26.2%
Master’s degree	25.3%
Bachelor’s degree	8.8%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	6.3%
Postsecondary certificate	2.8%
Post-master’s certificate	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	—
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	—

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.