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Healthcare · Updated Aug 2026

General Internal Medicine Physicians

Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents, and are based primarily in an outpatient care setting.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
64/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
55/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.High
74
Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.High
71
Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.High
67
Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.High
67
Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.High
64
Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.High
66
Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.High
66
Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.High
66
Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.High
57
Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.High
55
Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.High
57
Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.Medium
57
Advise surgeon of a patient's risk status and recommend appropriate intervention to minimize risk.High
63
Provide consulting services to other doctors caring for patients with special or difficult problems.High
57
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.74
  2. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.71
  3. Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.67
  4. Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.67
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.01
  2. Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.02
  3. Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.03
  4. Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.04
  5. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency52
Physical dependency42
Adoption pressure61
Labour-market resilience68
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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