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psychiatry residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 61.2401 - 61.2499.

What psychiatry residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.
• Therapy and Counseling — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.

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

Skills

The skill set developed in a psychiatry residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Active Listening — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to psychiatry residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Getting Information	4.7 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.5 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.5 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.4 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.3 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.2 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.2 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.2 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.1 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.0 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
SoftPsych Psychiatric Diagnosis	Medical software	—
Psychiatric information databases	Data base user interface and query software	—
Psychiatric assessment software	Medical software	—
Blumenthal Software PBSW24	Time accounting software	—
ICANotes	Medical software	—
Advantage Software Psych Advantage	Medical software	—
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for psychiatry residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Psychiatrist
• Consulting Psychiatrist
• General Adult Psychiatrist
• Doctor
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist
• Addiction Psychiatrist
• Staff Psychiatrist
• Psychiatric RN (Psychiatric Registered Nurse)
• Adult Psychiatrist
• General Psychiatrist
• Psychiatry Physician
• Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist
• Prison Psychiatrist
• Behavioral Specialist

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to psychiatry 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	41.8%
Doctoral degree	30.6%
Master’s degree	17.9%
Bachelor’s degree	5.2%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.8%
Postsecondary certificate	1.1%
First professional degree	1.0%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.3%
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.