Surgeons

Education

Required Level of Education

• Doctoral Degree = 48.58%
• Post-Doctoral Training = 43.23%
• First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession = 6.76%
• Bachelor's Degree = 1.43%

Related Work Experience

• Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 36.11%
• Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 21.42%
• Over 10 years = 17.80%
• Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 9.23%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.74%
• Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.82%
• None = 0.88%

On-Site or In-Plant Training

• None = 41.22%
• Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.91%
• Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.53%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.65%
• Up to and including 1 month = 8.35%
• Over 10 years = 4.15%
• Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.32%
• Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.88%

On-the-Job Training

• None or short demonstration = 28.46%
• Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 27.26%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 20.13%
• Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.57%
• Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 6.88%
• Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 6.36%
• Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.45%
• Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.89%

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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.