Physician Assistants
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,935 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 50% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Obtain, compile, and record patient medical data, including health history, progress notes, and results of physical examination.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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What the move takes
Usually requires a master's degree.
Getting ready typically takes more than four years.
Skills you already have
- Medicine and Dentistry
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- English Language
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New skills to build
- Physics
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