# Sports Medicine Physicians

> Diagnose, treat, and help prevent injuries that occur during sporting events, athletic training, and physical activities.

- **SOC code:** 29-1229.06
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1229-06
- **Also known as:** Athletic Team Physician, Physician, Sports Medicine Physician, Team Physician, Nonsurgical Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician, Orthopedic Team Physician, Industrial Sports Medicine Professional, Industrial Sports Medicine Specialist
- **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):
- Diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
- Order and interpret the results of laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging procedures.
- Advise against injured athletes returning to games or competition if resuming activity could lead to further injury.
- Record athletes' medical care information, and maintain medical records.
- Record athletes' medical histories, and perform physical examinations.
- Examine and evaluate athletes prior to participation in sports activities to determine level of physical fitness or predisposition to injuries.
- Coordinate sports care activities with other experts, including specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, or coaches.
- Provide education and counseling on illness and injury prevention.
- Participate in continuing education activities to improve and maintain knowledge and skills.
- Advise athletes, trainers, or coaches to alter or cease sports practices that are potentially harmful.
- Inform coaches, trainers, or other interested parties regarding the medical conditions of athletes.
- Supervise the rehabilitation of injured athletes.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Medicine and Dentistry _(knowledge)_
- Reading Comprehension _(essential_skill)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Problem Sensitivity _(ability)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Critical Thinking _(essential_skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(ability)_
- Biology _(knowledge)_
- Monitoring _(essential_skill)_
- Judgment and Decision Making _(transferable_skill)_

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

**Tools & technology:**
- Epic Systems _(hot technology, in demand)_
- eClinicalWorks EHR software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- 3D motion analysis software
- Allscripts PM
- athenahealth athenaCollector
- Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
- Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- CareCloud Central

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 44th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 55th percentile (Moderate) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 35th percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 2.5% growth (About average); 9.6k annual openings; 340.7k → 349.3k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median —; 315,360 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-29-1229-06_