Family Medicine Physicians
Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.
107,510 people do this job in the US. $244,180 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 13%
- 23%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 4%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 31%. Today's estimate: 33%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 12 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospitals, businesses, or communities for prevention or treatment of injury or illness.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 33% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 29 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 10% | 21 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care providers.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Prepare government or organizational reports which include birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 1% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Train residents, medical students, and other health care professionals.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 0.2% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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