Health Professions and Related Programs
Medicine
Prepares you for the independent professional practice of medicine, involving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses, injuries, and other disorders of the human body. Covers 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.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 3 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
- Prepares you for the independent professional practice of osteopathic medicine, involving a combination of medical principles and procedures and osteopathic principles of holistic medicine and the relationship of the musculoskeletal system to general health. Covers the basic medical sciences, preventive medicine, family and community medicine, medical informatics, disease systems, organ and physiologic systems, osteopathic principles and practice, osteopathic manipulative treatment, musculoskeletal and skin systems, clinical specialty rotations, medical ethics, and professional standards and practice management.
- Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry
- Prepares you for the independent professional practice of podiatric medicine, involving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and injuries to the foot and lower extremities. Covers the basic medical sciences, anatomy of the lower extremity, functional orthopedics, foot biomechanics, podiatric radiology, dermatology, podiatric surgery, podopediatrics, sports medicine, physical diagnosis, emergency medicine and traumatology, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
- Medicine, Other
- Medicine not listed above.
Also called Osteopathy, Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Also called Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry (DPM)
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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- Median pay
- $265,930
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.4%
- Job openings a year
- 9,400
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- Median pay
- $244,180
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.3%
- Job openings a year
- 2,900
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- Median pay
- $256,560
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.0%
- Job openings a year
- 1,900
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- Median pay
- $391,490
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.6%
- Job openings a year
- 1,100
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- Median pay
- $210,040
- Hiring change through 2035
- 1.5%
- Job openings a year
- 1,000
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- Median pay
- $335,550
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.2%
- Job openings a year
- 900
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- Median pay
- $281,870
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.2%
- Job openings a year
- 900
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- Median pay
- $420,860
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.4%
- Job openings a year
- 700
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- Median pay
- $414,010
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.0%
- Job openings a year
- 700
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- Median pay
- $496,010
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.8%
- Job openings a year
- 500
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- Median pay
- $292,910
- Hiring change through 2035
- 1.7%
- Job openings a year
- 500
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- Hiring change through 2035
- 6.8%
- Job openings a year
- 400
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Working style
How and where the work happens
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This field leads to a mix of in-person and computer-based work. About 42 of every 100 openings require working close to other people or spending time on your feet.