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podiatric medicine and surgery residency program

What podiatric medicine and surgery residency program Majors Need to Know

Programs in podiatric medicine and surgery residency program develop a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that podiatric medicine and surgery residency program graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in podiatric medicine and surgery residency program emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.6 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.

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

Skills

The skill set emphasized by a podiatric medicine and surgery residency program program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Speaking — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Active Learning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to podiatric medicine and surgery residency program careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, podiatric medicine and surgery residency program graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Working with Computers	4.4 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.4 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Getting Information	4.3 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.2 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.1 / 7
Processing Information	4.0 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.0 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	3.9 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by podiatric medicine and surgery residency program professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Access	Data base user interface and query software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Word processing software	Word processing software	—
Quick Notes PDQ Podiatry	Medical software	—
Scanner imaging software	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
DocSite Registry	Medical software	—
Facebook	Web page creation and editing software	—
Fox Meadows Software MediNotes e	Medical software	—
Advantage Software Podiatry Advantage	Medical software	—
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for podiatric medicine and surgery residency program graduates include:

• Podiatrist
• Chiropodist
• Podiatric Physician
• Orthopedic Podiatrist
• Doctor Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
• Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
• Foot and Ankle Surgeon
• Physician
• Podiatry Doctor (DP)
• Foot Specialist
• Foot Doctor
• Pododermatologist
• Attending Physician
• Doctor of Podiatry
• Foot Orthopedist

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to podiatric medicine and surgery residency program graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Doctoral degree	44.4%
Post-doctoral training	28.4%
Master’s degree	10.9%
First professional degree	9.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3.8%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.4%
Postsecondary certificate	0.9%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.5%
Post-master’s certificate	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.