Where a specialised doctor can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a specialised doctor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Specialised doctors prevent, diagnose and treat diseases depending on their medical or surgical specialty.
Professionals 178 skills on file 12 career moves 12 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- religion scientific researcher 69% covered · difficulty 40.7
- thanatology researcher 65% covered · difficulty 49.1
- philosopher 63% covered · difficulty 48.3
- palaeontologist 62% covered · difficulty 51.5
- seismologist 62% covered · difficulty 52.1
- linguist 61% covered · difficulty 51.2
- cosmetic chemist 61% covered · difficulty 52
- meteorologist 61% covered · difficulty 51.7
- physiologist 60% covered · difficulty 54.4
- communication scientist 60% covered · difficulty 52.2
- astronomer 60% covered · difficulty 52
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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specialised doctor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a specialised doctor already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.