ProgramCIP 51.1201
Medicine
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of medicine, involving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses, injuries, and other disorders of the human body. Includes instruction in the basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, examination and diagnosis, patient communications, medical ethics and law, professional standards, and rotations in specialties such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, neurology, ophthalmology, radiology, clinical pathology, anesthesiology, family medicine, and psychiatry.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
Also called Medicine (MD), Allopathic Medicine.
Leads to
17 jobs- Anesthesiologists29-1211
- Cardiologists29-1212
- Dermatologists29-1213
- Emergency Medicine Physicians29-1214
- Family Medicine Physicians29-1215
- General Internal Medicine Physicians29-1216
- Neurologists29-1217
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists29-1218
- Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric29-1241
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric29-1242
- Pediatric Surgeons29-1243
- Pediatricians, General29-1221
- Physicians, All Other29-1229
- Physicians, Pathologists29-1222
- Psychiatrists29-1223
- Radiologists29-1224
- Surgeons, All Other29-1249
Knowledge those jobs draw on
- Biology12 of 17
- English Language12 of 17
- Medicine and Dentistry11 of 17
- Customer and Personal Service10 of 17
- Psychology8 of 17
- Therapy and Counseling8 of 17
- Education and Training6 of 17
- Chemistry3 of 17
- Administration and Management3 of 17
- Computers and Electronics3 of 17
- Mathematics1 of 17
- Physics1 of 17
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