Occupations/29-1214.00
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
15%
More resilient
Human characteristics
90%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
58%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
- Mostly human
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
- Mostly human
Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
- 02Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
- 03Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
- 04Stabilize patients in critical condition.
- 05Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
- 06Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.60
- Degree of automation1.70
- Time sitting2.93
- Originality (ability)3.62
- Conflict situations4.50
- Hands-on objects/tools3.30
- Outdoors / weather1.20
- Disease exposure5.00
- Decision freedom4.93
Top abilities
- Written Comprehension4.62
- Oral Expression4.62
- Oral Comprehension4.62
- Written Expression4.50
- Problem Sensitivity4.38
- Inductive Reasoning4.38
- Deductive Reasoning4.38
- Speech Recognition4.25
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.25
- Active Listening4.38
- Writing4.12
- Speaking4.25
- Mathematics2.75
- Science3.00
- Critical Thinking4.38
- Active Learning4.00
- Learning Strategies3.62
- Monitoring4.12
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 43 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $62,400 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $70,680 2 yr $67,748 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Medicine 51.1201 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $66,681 2 yr $62,241 Master's · CIP 51.12 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $60,100 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $65,035 2 yr $65,454 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr — 2 yr $64,990 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $68,200 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $64,290 2 yr $65,974 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $62,012 2 yr — Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit | Medicine 51.1201 | $18,600 | 100% | 64% | 1 yr $61,660 2 yr $60,262 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $61,380 2 yr $61,734 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Medicine 51.1201 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $60,800 2 yr $60,409 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL · Public | Medicine 51.1201 | $4,600 | 100% | 27% | 1 yr $60,783 2 yr $57,931 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $59,722 2 yr $59,350 Professional · CIP 51.12 |
Emory University Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit | Medicine 51.1201 | $60,800 | 11% | 91% | 1 yr $59,398 2 yr $59,232 Professional · CIP 51.12 |