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radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs

What radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

Coursework in radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.9 / 5; level 6.2 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.

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

Skills

Skills emphasized by a radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.

Abilities

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

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

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

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.7 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.6 / 7
Getting Information	4.6 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.6 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.6 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.5 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.5 / 7
Processing Information	4.4 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

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

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	✓
IOS Health Systems Medios EHR	Medical software	—
Modernizing Medicine Practice Management	Medical software	—
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR	Medical software	—
Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR	Medical software	—
WRSHealth EMR	Medical software	—
simplifyMD	Medical software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for radiation oncology residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Physician
• MD (Medical Doctor)
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• Hospitalist Physician
• Urologist
• OB Hospitalist (Obstetrics Hospitalist)
• Neurology Hospitalist
• Internal Medicine Hospitalist
• Academic Hospitalist
• Consultant Physician
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalist (Neonatal ICU Hospitalist)
• Pediatric Hospitalist
• Nocturnist Hospitalist
• Neurohospitalist
• Nocturnist

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to radiation oncology 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	51.2%
Doctoral degree	37.2%
Master’s degree	4.4%
First professional degree	2.7%
Bachelor’s degree	2.4%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.0%
Postsecondary certificate	0.4%
High school diploma or equivalent	0.4%
Some college courses	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.