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nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs

What nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Programs in nuclear medicine residency/fellowship programs develop 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

This major prepares you for careers needing 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

Skills 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

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 Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
Medical condition coding software	Medical software	—
Geographic information system GIS software	Geographic information system	—
Desire2Learn LMS software	Computer based training software	—
Blackboard software	Data base user interface and query software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Virology Teacher
• Music Therapy Teacher
• Gastroenterology Professor
• Optometry Teacher
• Corrective Therapy Aide Teacher
• Pharmacology Teacher
• Mental Health Aides Teacher
• Pharmacology Professor
• Coding Educator
• Nutrition Teacher
• Podiatry Teacher
• Nutrition Aides Teacher
• Clinical Laboratory Service Teacher
• Childbirth Teacher
• Neurological Surgery 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	CIP Code
Medical Residency Programs	61
Allergy and Immunology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.03
Anesthesiology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.04
Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.01
Dermatology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.05
Emergency Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.06
Family Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.07
Internal Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.08
Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.09
Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other	61.99
MEDICAL RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS	61.00
Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs	61.02

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.