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Doctor Degree Careers and Jobs

Explore Careers and Jobs Predominantly Filled by Those with a Doctorate Degree with or without Certificates - All On One Page

Sorted by median annual U.S. salary and including percentage of job holders with Doctorate Degree.

A doctorate prepares graduates for advanced research, specialized clinical practice, and top-level academic or leadership roles. For people who have invested years in advanced study and want to see where that expertise applies. Compare careers ranked by salary, review degree-holder and experience percentages, and access preparation resources for each role.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

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This page will take you through 4 steps, relative to an Master's Degree, to (1) Select a career, (2) Find active job listings, (3) Prepare for the career you chose, and (4) Provide web resources specific to the career you chose.

Step 1: Select a Career: You will be presented with a listing of Master's Degree careers. The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of careers below
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply browse the list of careers. There may be many that you might never have considered. This may help you to discover careers that might be of interest.

Once you have identified a career of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.



Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the career you selected. Information includes core and supplemental duties, general and specific work activities, knowledge required, essential and transferable skills required, day-in-the-life summaries, knowledge required, software skills required, preparation required, educational requirements, training and work experience required, local salary information, certifications, professional associations, current job listings for the job selected along with multiple similar job titles, and related careers (related to what they do, what they know, and what they're called).

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that will provide detailed (updated) links to occupational information specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
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Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career

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What jobs can you get with a Doctorate Degree? Scroll through the picklist (below). These are careers related to the Doctorate Degree level, with at least 30% of job holders having a Doctorate Degree. - 96 specific careers are listed, with matching jobs currently available. Select those careers that may be of interest - you will then get links to matching active job listings, and detailed resources to help you prepare.
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Select a Job Title - Sorted by Annual Salary -(scroll and Select) :
Legend: Career Title Link / (% having Doctorate Degree) / (Median Annual U.S. Salary)

Obstetricians and Gynecologists / (96.55%) / ($239,200+)
Neurologists / (92.84%) / ($239,200+)
Radiologists / (85.88%) / ($239,200+)
Emergency Medicine Physicians / (96.55%) / ($239,200+)
Psychiatrists / (92.71%) / ($239,200+)
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric / (62.16%) / ($239,200+)
Dermatologists / (86.95%) / ($239,200+)
Orthodontists / (81.03%) / ($239,200+)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / (92.04%) / ($239,200+)
Physicians, Pathologists / (91.26%) / ($239,200+)
Anesthesiologists / (93.89%) / ($239,200+)
Sports Medicine Physicians / (100.00%) / ($236,000)
Preventive Medicine Physicians / (100.00%) / ($236,000)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians / (97.94%) / ($236,000)
Urologists / (97.80%) / ($236,000)
Allergists and Immunologists / (74.43%) / ($236,000)
Hospitalists / (88.00%) / ($236,000)
Prosthodontists / (97.09%) / ($234,000)
Family Medicine Physicians / (87.95%) / ($224,640)
General Internal Medicine Physicians / (100.00%) / ($223,310)
Nurse Anesthetists / (55.56%) / ($212,650)
Pediatricians, General / (98.73%) / ($198,690)
Dentists, General / (81.44%) / ($166,300)
Natural Sciences Managers / (40.32%) / ($157,740)
Physicists / (88.10%) / ($155,680)
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates / (76.24%) / ($148,910)
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists / (30.77%) / ($147,420)
Lawyers / (77.19%) / ($145,760)
Computer and Information Research Scientists / (32.92%) / ($145,080)
Podiatrists / (85.25%) / ($141,650)
Pharmacists / (83.42%) / ($136,030)
Political Scientists / (92.31%) / ($132,350)
Optometrists / (95.24%) / ($131,860)
Astronomers / (91.31%) / ($127,930)
Law Teachers, Postsecondary / (35.26%) / ($127,360)
Nurse Practitioners / (30.44%) / ($126,260)
Veterinarians / (90.90%) / ($119,100)
Neuropsychologists / (100.00%) / ($117,750)
Clinical Neuropsychologists / (100.00%) / ($117,750)
Mathematicians / (55.00%) / ($116,440)
Environmental Economists / (48.14%) / ($115,730)
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary / (80.80%) / ($115,300)
Nanosystems Engineers / (66.66%) / ($111,970)
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers / (42.42%) / ($111,090)
Naturopathic Physicians / (100.00%) / ($107,990)
Biochemists and Biophysicists / (65.00%) / ($107,460)
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary / (75.95%) / ($106,910)
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary / (44.63%) / ($105,770)
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary / (44.05%) / ($105,650)
Materials Engineers / (38.09%) / ($104,100)
Education Administrators, Postsecondary / (44.44%) / ($102,610)
Sociologists / (60.00%) / ($101,770)
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (84.87%) / ($101,650)
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists / (60.61%) / ($100,890)
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / (45.15%) / ($100,690)
Physical Therapists / (47.13%) / ($99,710)
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary / (74.56%) / ($98,020)
Business Teachers, Postsecondary / (72.77%) / ($97,130)
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (41.65%) / ($96,430)
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists / (92.00%) / ($96,100)
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (96.54%) / ($93,810)
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary / (68.18%) / ($93,650)
Bioinformatics Scientists / (46.22%) / ($91,100)
Geneticists / (56.00%) / ($91,100)
Molecular and Cellular Biologists / (57.70%) / ($91,100)
Geographers / (30.00%) / ($90,880)
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (82.16%) / ($88,410)
Audiologists / (100.00%) / ($87,740)
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary / (64.49%) / ($86,030)
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary / (56.56%) / ($85,810)
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary / (80.74%) / ($85,600)
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / (82.31%) / ($85,260)
Chemists / (30.02%) / ($84,680)
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (86.81%) / ($83,920)
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary / (76.68%) / ($82,670)
History Teachers, Postsecondary / (69.64%) / ($82,140)
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary / (85.25%) / ($82,140)
Epidemiologists / (33.33%) / ($81,390)
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (47.12%) / ($81,020)
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary / (42.84%) / ($80,780)
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary / (31.67%) / ($80,360)
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (73.56%) / ($80,310)
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary / (86.32%) / ($79,930)
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary / (73.42%) / ($78,760)
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / (48.82%) / ($78,410)
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary / (58.70%) / ($78,130)
Chiropractors / (82.14%) / ($76,530)
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary / (74.16%) / ($75,770)
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary / (65.23%) / ($75,020)
Education Teachers, Postsecondary / (89.86%) / ($73,240)
Animal Scientists / (56.52%) / ($70,140)
Anthropologists and Archeologists / (40.00%) / ($63,800)
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians / (50.00%) / ($62,610)
Curators / (36.87%) / ($61,750)
Hearing Aid Specialists / (43.99%) / ($58,670)
Judicial Law Clerks / (72.08%) / ($57,490)

Step 2 of 4: Find a Job

Job Listings for: Neurologists.

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Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career

Prepare for the "Neurologists" Career
The details below will provide a pathway to your specific job goal and help you to identify an appropriate career ladder.




Neurologists

Description: Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Neurologists":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Order supportive care services, such as physical therapy, specialized nursing care, and social services.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Communicate with other health care professionals regarding patients' conditions and care.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Counsel patients or others on the background of neurological disorders including risk factors, or genetic or environmental concerns.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and expand competence.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Refer patients to other health care practitioners as necessary.
Importance: 99 (%) Description: Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Interpret the results of neuroimaging studies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans.
Importance: 97 (%) Description: Coordinate neurological services with other health care team activities.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Advise other physicians on the treatment of neurological problems.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Provide training to medical students or staff members.
Importance: 94 (%) Description: Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Supervise medical technicians in the performance of neurological diagnostic or therapeutic activities.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Participate in neuroscience research activities.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Prescribe or administer treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Perform specialized treatments in areas such as sleep disorders, neuroimmunology, neuro-oncology, behavioral neurology, and neurogenetics.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Importance: 94 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 93 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Monitoring and Controlling Resources: Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Administer non-intravenous medications.
Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
Develop medical treatment plans.
Diagnose medical conditions.
Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
Prescribe medications.
Prescribe treatments or therapies.
Record patient medical histories.
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
Supervise patient care personnel.
Test patient nervous system functioning.
Train medical providers.
Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
Activity: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health.
Activity: Advise others on healthcare or wellness issues.
Activity: Advise patients or clients on medical issues.
Activity: Analyze health or medical data.
Activity: Assist others to access additional services or resources.
Activity: Collect information about patients or clients.
Activity: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care.
Activity: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans.
Activity: Diagnose health conditions or disorders.
Activity: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics.
Activity: Explain medical information to patients or family members.
Activity: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise.
Activity: Maintain health or medical records.
Activity: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals.
Activity: Order medical tests or procedures.
Activity: Prescribe medical treatments or devices.
Activity: Research healthcare issues.
Activity: Supervise personnel activities.
Activity: Train others on health or medical topics.
Activity: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
High-Priority Tech Skills
Medical software:
Epic Systems
Emerging Tech Skills
Medical software:
eClinicalWorks EHR software
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
General Software Tools
Electronic mail software:
Email software
Medical software (scroll table below):
Allscripts PM
athenahealth athenaCollector
Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
CareCloud Central
Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
e-MDs software
Epic Practice Management
GalacTek ECLIPSE
GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution
Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE
HealthFusion MediTouch
IOS Health Systems Medios EHR
Kareo Practice Management
McKesson Practice Plus
Modernizing Medicine Practice Management
NextGen Healthcare NextGen Practice Management
Nuesoft Technologies NueMD
simplifyMD
Vitera Healthcare Solutions Vitera Intergy
WRSHealth EMR
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 63.7 (%) Level of Education: Post-Doctoral Training
Frequency of Attainment: 29.2 (%) Level of Education: Doctoral Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.8 (%) Level of Education: Master's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 2.4 (%) Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 27.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 14.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years
Frequency of Attainment: 14.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years
Frequency of Attainment: 13.9 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 11.4 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 7.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 5.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years
Frequency of Attainment: 2.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
Frequency of Attainment: 2.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Professional Associations
Professional Associations
These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) External Link
American Chiropractic Neurology Board (ACNB) External Link
American Osteopathic Board of Neurologists and Psychiatrists External Link
Related Careers to Consider
Related Careers to Consider
This lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to what "Neurologists" do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit. How do these related occupations align with your interests, skills, and goals?
1 - Pediatric Surgeons
2 - Cardiologists
3 - Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
4 - General Internal Medicine Physicians
5 - Pediatricians, General
6 - Psychiatrists
7 - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
8 - Emergency Medicine Physicians
9 - Clinical Neuropsychologists
10 - Neuropsychologists
11 - Obstetricians and Gynecologists
12 - Family Medicine Physicians
13 - Urologists
14 - Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
15 - Chiropractors
16 - Allergists and Immunologists
17 - Nurse Practitioners
18 - Anesthesiologists
19 - Dermatologists
20 - Physician Assistants

Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated)

This section contains detailed resources appropriate to "Neurologists". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.

Videos

Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.


Resumes

Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.


Job Description

Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.


Interviews

There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.


Salary Data

Here are links to help you identify salary ranges for this occupation. These data are necessary prior to effective salary negotiations.


Raises

Here are resources that help you to prepare to ask for a raise. These links will help you to prepare for the salary negotiation process.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Neurologists". Use these links to find a job.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Neurologists". Use these links to find a job.


Classifieds

There are various sources for job classified ads. These links should help get you started to find a job for this occupation.


Step-by-Step

Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Neurologists


Career Change

Here are resources to help you prepare for a career change. It is helpful to look carefully at the information provided in Section 3: Career Change (detailed previously on this page) prior to using these links. There is much to learn ...


LinkedIn®

Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.


Career Path

Here are links to various resources to help you explore the career path related to the "Neurologists" occupation.






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