Preventive Medicine Physicians
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.
$265,930 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 39%
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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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 3%. Today's estimate: 3%.
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 . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Design, implement, or evaluate health service delivery systems to improve the health of targeted populations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 14% | 4.2 work days1 work day to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Feb 2029 | |
| Direct public health education programs dealing with topics such as preventable diseases, injuries, nutrition, food service sanitation, water supply safety, sewage and waste disposal, insect control, and immunizations.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 13% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 10% | 2.5 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | 0%Half by Jun 2028 | |
| Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Prepare preventive health reports, including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 work days6.7 h to 4.2 work days | 1%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Develop or implement interventions to address behavioral causes of diseases.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | 0%Half by Jun 2028 | |
| Coordinate or integrate the resources of health care institutions, social service agencies, public safety workers, or other organizations to improve community health.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 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.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
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