postgraduate training
Education after graduation
Postgraduate training is education or professional development undertaken after completing a first university degree.
The term appears most often in medicine, where it refers to residencies, fellowships, and specialty training that follow medical school: She completed her postgraduate training in cardiology.
In broader academic contexts, it encompasses master's and doctoral programs.
- master's degreePost-college academic credential
- advanced degreePost-baccalaureate academic credential
- thesis writingComposing a scholarly argument
- research methodsSystematic inquiry procedures
- internshipSupervised professional trial period
doctoral degree · certification · board certification · residency · dissertation defense · oral defense · comprehensive exams · licensure · fellowship · academic conferences · continuing education · professional development · PhD · MBA · MSc · MA · academic advisor · grant writing
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University before advanced degrees
primary education · elementary school · secondary education · high school · bachelor's degree
postgraduate trainingon-the-job training
Learning skills while employed
autodidacticism · life experience · street smarts · practical experience · hands-on learning
postgraduate trainingon-the-job training
Learning skills while employed
work experience · practical experience · apprenticeship · professional practice · informal education
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