Occupations/29-1215.00

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.

Beyond a bachelor’s

Usually a graduate or professional degree.

AI automation risk

17%

More resilient

Human characteristics

85%

Strong human-characteristic mix

Task orientation

30%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.

  • Mostly human

    Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.

  • Mostly human

    Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.

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

  1. 01Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  2. 02Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
  3. 03Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
  4. 04Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
  5. 05Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  6. 06Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.77
  • Degree of automation2.33
  • Time sitting3.05
  • Originality (ability)3.00
  • Conflict situations3.57
  • Hands-on objects/tools3.84
  • Outdoors / weather1.00
  • Disease exposure4.78
  • Decision freedom4.98

Top abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity5.00
  • Oral Expression4.88
  • Oral Comprehension4.88
  • Written Comprehension4.25
  • Deductive Reasoning4.25
  • Inductive Reasoning4.12
  • Written Expression4.00
  • Speech Clarity4.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.25
  • Active Listening4.25
  • Writing4.12
  • Speaking4.12
  • Mathematics2.75
  • Science3.88
  • Critical Thinking4.38
  • Active Learning4.00
  • Learning Strategies3.25
  • Monitoring4.00

CIP matches

51.1201Medicine51.1202Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy61.0104Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Combined Specialty Program61.0105Family Medicine/Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Combined Specialty Program61.0106Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine Combined Specialty Program61.0107Family Medicine/Psychiatry Combined Specialty Program61.0112Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Combined Specialty Program61.0701Family Medicine Residency Program61.0799Family Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other

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.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Medicine

51.1201

$62,4004%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

$19,60055%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

$60,1004%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

$68,20012%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

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $64,290

2 yr $65,974

Professional · CIP 51.12

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Medicine

51.1201

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $62,012

2 yr —

Professional · CIP 51.12

Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit

Medicine

51.1201

$18,600100%64%

1 yr $61,660

2 yr $60,262

Professional · CIP 51.12

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Medicine

51.1201

$65,20014%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

$17,70018%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

$4,600100%27%

1 yr $60,783

2 yr $57,931

Professional · CIP 51.12

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Medicine

51.1201

$33,20053%65%

1 yr $59,722

2 yr $59,350

Professional · CIP 51.12

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit

Medicine

51.1201

$60,80011%91%

1 yr $59,398

2 yr $59,232

Professional · CIP 51.12