Will AI take my job

All jobs

Will AI replace Emergency Medicine Physicians?

AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.

35/100

Moderate exposure

More exposed to AI than 52% of US workers.

AI already used in
4% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
52% of the work

What the job involves

Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Already happening(1)

  • Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.

Within reach(8)

  • Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
  • Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
  • Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
  • Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.
  • Collect and record patient information, such as medical history or examination results, in electronic or handwritten medical records.

and 3 more

Out of reach(8)

  • Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
  • Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
  • Stabilize patients in critical condition.
  • Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
  • Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.

and 3 more

Also called

Emergency Medicine Physician (EM Physician) · Critical Care Physician · EM Physician · Emergency Physician · MD (Medical Doctor) · Physician · Emergency Medicine Specialist · MD

Related jobs

What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

Sources

Get the check for your own work

A job title only gets you the typical case. The full check scores what you actually do, task by task.

One email when the free check opens. Nothing else.

How we handle it: privacy notice.

The free check opens soon.