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How can I become a Surgeon
- The most common career steps to get to Surgeon are Resident, Medical Director and Surveyor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Resident is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Surgeon that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Surgeon career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Surgeon so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider resident or medical director as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to surgeon. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Resident is from the same job family, Medical - Doctor as Surgeon, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Medical Director also leading to Surgeon.
What should I know about the Surgeon career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Surgeon are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Chemistry, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Chemistry, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Biology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Resident being on the path to and from Surgeon. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Surgeon is part of the Medical - Doctor job family which has a limited number of unique role types (38) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.