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Emergency Medicine Physicians

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 123 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

More exposedband 4 of 5
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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 82% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

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

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Stabilize patients in critical condition.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Similar work
    +16% pay115 openings/yrLess exposed than your job now

    Pays about 16% more—$358,558 vs your $310,131 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires a doctoral or professional degree, plus internship/residency.

    Getting ready typically takes more than four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Medicine and Dentistry
    • Inductive Reasoning
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Biology
    • Psychology

    New skills to build

    • Science
    • Operations Analysis