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orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.1501 - 61.1599.

What orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.9 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Psychology — 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 emphasized by a orthopedic surgery 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 4.5 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

Abilities

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

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs graduates report doing:

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

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	✓
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
CareCloud Central	Medical software	—
Kareo Practice Management	Medical software	—
Epic Practice Management	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for orthopedic surgery residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Physician
• MD (Medical Doctor)
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• Surgeon
• Urologist
• Hospitalist Physician
• Pediatric Hospitalist
• Urologic Surgeon
• Doctor
• Neurology Teacher
• Gynecology Teacher
• Pharmacy Teacher
• Laboratory Technology Teacher
• Professor
• Pediatrics Teacher

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to orthopedic surgery 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	45.1%
Doctoral degree	35.5%
Master’s degree	10.2%
Bachelor’s degree	4.3%
First professional degree	2.3%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.3%
Postsecondary certificate	0.7%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.3%
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	—
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.