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Urologists

$223.41K Median Salary 0 Job Openings (Annual Projection)

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About This Career

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the genitourinary system and the renal glands.

Reported Job Titles

Acute Care Physician, MD (Medical Doctor), Owner, Physician, Practicing Urologist, Surgeon, Urologic Surgeon, Urologist, Urology MD (Urology Medical Doctor)

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Written Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Near Vision

Information Ordering

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Flexibility of Closure

Fluency of Ideas

Control Precision

Selective Attention

Finger Dexterity

Originality

Perceptual Speed

Speed of Closure

Manual Dexterity

Memorization

Time Sharing

Visual Color Discrimination

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Biology

English Language

Education and Training

Therapy and Counseling

Administration and Management

Psychology

Customer and Personal Service

Chemistry

Computers and Electronics

Personnel and Human Resources

Administrative

Economics and Accounting

Mathematics

Law and Government

Telecommunications

Sociology and Anthropology

Public Safety and Security

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Active Listening

Writing

Complex Problem Solving

Speaking

Active Learning

Monitoring

Social Perceptiveness

Science

Time Management

Systems Analysis

Coordination

Service Orientation

Systems Evaluation

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Management of Personnel Resources

Operations Monitoring

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Medical software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Tools

Endoscopic clamp or dissector or grasper or forceps

Surgical lithotripters

Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Flowmeters

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pulse oximeter units

Cystoscopes or cystourethroscopes

Male impotence gages

Surgical microscopes or loupes or magnifiers

Urethral urinary catheters

Surgical clamps or clips or forceps

Notebook computers

Mercury blood pressure units

Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines

Urological sheaths or sets

Surgical suction machine or vacuum extractor or ultrasonic surgical aspirator

Laparoscopes or laparoscopic telescopes

Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment

Multiparameter vital sign units

Biofeedback devices

Androgeny and fertility automated counter

Urological procedure trays or packs or kits

Urinalysis analyzers

Electroencephalograph EEGs

Nephroscopes

Medical syringes with needle

Surgical lasers

Surgical scissors

Resectoscopes

Desktop computers

Tablet computers

Urethrotomes

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Knowledge

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.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
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.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Endoscopic clamp or dissector or grasper or forceps: Surgical graspers
Surgical lithotripters: Intracorporeal lithotripters; Ultrasonic lithotripters
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use: Ultrasound imaging scanners
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles: Automated external defibrillators AED
Flowmeters: Electronic bubble meters; Electronic pump calibrators; Mass flow meters
Electrocardiography EKG units: Electrocardiography EKG machines
Pulse oximeter units: Pulse oximeters
Cystoscopes or cystourethroscopes: Ureteroscopes
Male impotence gages: Erectile dysfunction analyzers
Surgical microscopes or loupes or magnifiers: Surgical microscopes
Urethral urinary catheters: Foley catheters
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps: Placenta forceps; Serrefine clamps; Sponge forceps; Tissue forceps
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines: Surgical scalpels
Urological sheaths or sets: Urological sheaths
Surgical suction machine or vacuum extractor or ultrasonic surgical aspirator: Suction machines; Vacuum extractors
Laparoscopes or laparoscopic telescopes: Laparascopes
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment: Bipolar electrosurgical forceps; Cauterizing equipment; Electrosurgery units
Multiparameter vital sign units: Transport cardiac monitors
Biofeedback devices: Biofeedback units
Androgeny and fertility automated counter: Semen analyzers
Urological procedure trays or packs or kits: Bladder irrigation equipment
Urinalysis analyzers: Urine analysis equipment
Electroencephalograph EEGs: Electroencephalograph EEG equipment; Electromyographs EMG
Nephroscopes: Renal endoscopes
Medical syringes with needle: Hypodermic syringes
Surgical lasers: Medical lasers
Surgical scissors: Bandage scissors; Mayo scissors; Metzenbaum scissors; Microscissors
Resectoscopes:
Desktop computers:
Tablet computers:
Urethrotomes:

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