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pathology residency/fellowship programs

What pathology residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.6 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 3.4 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

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

Skills

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

• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Active Learning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.

Abilities

The cognitive and physical abilities most relevant to pathology residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.7 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.4 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.4 / 7
Processing Information	4.4 / 7
Working with Computers	4.3 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.2 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.1 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.1 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Microsoft Access	Data base user interface and query software	—
Database software	Data base user interface and query software	—
Psyche Systems Systematic Blood Bank	Medical software	—
Sunquest Information Systems Sunquest Transfusion Manager	Medical software	—
Elekta Impac Software IntelliLab	Medical software	—
SAP software	Enterprise resource planning ERP software	—
Healthvision TDSynergy LIS	Medical software	—
Cerner Millennium PathNet Blood Bank Transfusion	Medical software	—
SCC Soft Computer SoftLab	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Physician
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• Cytologist
• Histopathologist
• Pathologist
• Hematopathologist
• Dermatopathologist
• Autopsy Pathologist
• Molecular Pathologist
• Veterinary Pathologist
• Oral Pathologist
• Clinical Pathologist
• Animal Pathologist
• Medical Pathologist
• Cytopathologist

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to pathology 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	48.1%
Doctoral degree	29.7%
Master’s degree	14.0%
Bachelor’s degree	3.9%
First professional degree	2.0%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.3%
Postsecondary certificate	0.8%
Post-master’s certificate	0.1%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.1%

^{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.