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How exposed to AI is a Preventive Medicine Physician?

Of the 15 tasks O*NET lists for preventive medicine physicians, 1 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 5 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Occupational Medicine PhysicianOccupational PhysicianPhysicianPreventive Medicine PhysicianPrimary ClinicianPublic Health OfficerPublic Health Physician
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
15
tasks rated for this occupation
100%
hold a degree, from a survey of only 19
257k
people do this job in the US
10 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

1
  • Design, implement, or evaluate health service delivery systems to improve the health of targeted populations

Only with software built on top

9
  • Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions
  • Deliver presentations to lay or professional audiences
  • Provide information about potential health hazards and possible interventions to the media, the public, other health care professionals, or local, state, and federal health authorities
  • Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks
  • Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases
  • Develop or implement interventions to address behavioral causes of diseases
  • Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks
  • Prepare preventive health reports, including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations

Cannot be sped up

5
  • Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries
  • Direct public health education programs dealing with topics such as preventable diseases, injuries, nutrition, food service sanitation, water supply safety, sewage and waste disposal, insect control, and immunizations
  • Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members
  • Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues
  • Coordinate or integrate the resources of health care institutions, social service agencies, public safety workers, or other organizations to improve community health
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.