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plastic surgery residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.2101 - 61.2199.

What plastic surgery residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• Education and Training — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.8 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.

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

Skills

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

• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Instructing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Active Learning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

Abilities

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

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5 / 7.
• Speech Clarity — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.6 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.5 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Working with Computers	4.4 / 7
Thinking Creatively	4.3 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.2 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.2 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.1 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.1 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.0 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
Adobe Presenter	Computer based training software	—
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS	Medical software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
DOC Cop	Information retrieval or search software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Vascular Surgeon
• Cardiovascular Surgeon
• Colorectal Surgeon
• Brain Surgeon
• Surgical Oncologist
• Neurological Surgeon
• Reconstructive Surgeon
• Thoracic Surgeon
• Neurosurgeon
• Plastic Surgeon
• Cardiac Surgeon
• Physical Therapy Professor
• Medical Aides Teacher
• Clinical Instructor
• Podiatry Professor

Education Typically Required

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

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	35.4%
Doctoral degree	25.4%
Post-doctoral training	19.4%
Bachelor’s degree	12.3%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	4.4%
Postsecondary certificate	2.8%
Post-master’s certificate	0.3%

^{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.