# Pediatricians, General

> Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children. May refer patients to specialists for further diagnosis or treatment, as needed.

- **SOC code:** 29-1221.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1221-00
- **Also known as:** General Pediatrician, Group Practice Pediatrician, Medical Doctor (MD), Physician, Developmental Pediatrician, Emergency Room Pediatrician (ER Pediatrician), Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Pediatric Physician
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
- Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
- Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.
- Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
- Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
- Plan and execute medical care programs to aid in the mental and physical growth and development of children and adolescents.
- Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
- Teach residents or medical students about pediatric topics.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Medicine and Dentistry _(knowledge)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(ability)_
- Therapy and Counseling _(knowledge)_
- Biology _(knowledge)_
- Psychology _(knowledge)_
- Speaking _(essential_skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(essential_skill)_
- Judgment and Decision Making _(transferable_skill)_
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Biology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Psychology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Writing _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Complex Problem Solving _(Common Skill)_
- Active Learning _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Epic Systems _(hot technology, in demand)_
- eClinicalWorks EHR software _(hot technology)_
- MEDITECH software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Access _(hot technology)_
- Advanced Data Systems MedicsDocAssistant for Pediatrics
- Allscripts Professional EHR
- ChartWare EMR
- Drug reference software
- e-MDs software
- e-MedRecords CompuKID
- Email software
- EMR Experts Pediatric EMR

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 68th percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 89th percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 48th percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 0.8% growth (About average); 1.2k annual openings; 46.4k → 46.8k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $210,130; 42,960 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1221-00_