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psychiatry residency/fellowship programs

What psychiatry residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Programs 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

According to O*NET, a major in 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

Skills 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

The cognitive and physical 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 Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
MDofficeManager MediVoxx	Medical software	—
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR	Medical software	—
Advantage Software Psych Advantage	Medical software	—
Texas Medical Software SpringCharts EMR	Medical software	—
Epic EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System	Medical software	—
FifthWalk BillingTracker Pro	Billing and invoicing software	—
Sigmund Software Sigmund Enterprise Management	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

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

• Pediatric Psychiatrist
• Psychiatric RN (Psychiatric Registered Nurse)
• Addiction Psychiatrist
• Psychiatry Physician
• Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist
• Clinical Psychiatrist
• Inpatient Psychiatrist
• Psychiatric Physician
• General Psychiatrist
• Staff Psychiatrist
• General Adult Psychiatrist
• Adult Psychiatrist
• Physician
• Behavioral Analyst
• Doctor

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	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.