Pediatrician
Diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent diseases and injuries in children, and refers them to specialists when needed.
Will AI replace pediatrician jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Medium. More AI overlap than 51 in 100 jobs. AI helps with some tasks, like paperwork or first drafts. People still do the core of the job. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Collect, record, and keep patient information
- Explain procedures, test results, and treatments to patients and parents
- Provide advice to other doctors
What stays human
- Prescribe or give treatments, medicines, and vaccines to infants and children
- Examine children regularly to check their growth and development
- Treat children with minor illnesses, long-term problems, and growth concerns
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +1.5%. Typical pay: $210,040 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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