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plastic surgery residency/fellowship programs

What plastic surgery residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Coursework for 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

Innate 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.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Speech Clarity — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.6 / 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 Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
iParadigms Turnitin	Information retrieval or search software	—
Geographic information system GIS software	Geographic information system	—
InteractElsevier Netter’s 3D Interactive Anatomy	Medical software	—
Microsoft Access	Data base user interface and query software	—
Material safety data sheet MSDS software	Compliance software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Plastic Surgeon
• Cardiac Surgeon
• Neurological Surgeon
• Surgical Oncologist
• Colorectal Surgeon
• Thoracic Surgeon
• Neurosurgeon
• Cardiovascular Surgeon
• Reconstructive Surgeon
• Brain Surgeon
• Vascular Surgeon
• Prosthetic Aides Teacher
• Pathology Laboratory Aides Teacher
• Nutrition Educator
• Medical Assistant Instructor

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	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.