Preventive Medicine Physicians

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- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

9% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Social perceptiveness

Very important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Very important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Consulting and advising others

Very important
Why this matters
Provide guidance and expert advice to managers or teams on technical, system, or process decisions—explaining options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
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Active learning

Very important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Assisting and caring for others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
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Managing and developing people

Quite important
Why this matters
Motivate, coach, and direct others, and make hiring and staffing decisions. These people-focused responsibilities rely on judgment, trust, and interpersonal skill and are harder to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Education and training expertise

Quite important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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What users think

Based on 18 votes

38% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 9% chance of automation.

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In Unknown, the mean annual wage for Physicians, All Other was Unknown (Unknown per hour).

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Physicians, All Other' job openings is expected to rise 2.5% by 2034

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 315,360 people employed as 'Physicians, All Other' within the United States.

This represents around 0.20% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 488 people are employed as 'Physicians, All Other'.

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What people are saying (3)

eugene (Highly likely)
15 Sep 2025 06:19
AI diagnostic tools already outperform many human clinicians in specific tasks (according to several articles published in JAMA), and reliance on them is growing fast. If I can get a solid preliminary diagnosis from AI, what unique value am I paying a $300,000-a-year physician for? I still want real human connection in my care, but for most routine needs, a nurse practitioner using strong AI decision support can deliver care just as effectively, at a far more reasonable cost.
Gamertron111
02 Oct 2024 14:02
This is log 1, Preventive Medicine Physicians
By Gamertron111
I highly doubt robots will take over this job in the near future because humans want these things to be done by huans and wll trust a human more than they will ever trust an AI.
Gamertron111, signing off.
Ta (No chance)
11 Feb 2024 01:43
I am no expert on this but I would assume you'd need some sort of relationship with the patient to prevent any future ailments.
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Job description

Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

O*NET-SOC code: 29-1229.05