4.5ModerateShortage
General Practitioners and Resident Medical Officers
Health Professionals · Medical Practitioners
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Median Weekly Pay
$2,446
Full-time workers
Employment
97,300
Total workers
10yr Growth
+33.0%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
Shortage
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation34.0%
Augmentation70.0%
Key Tasks
- •Conducting examinations and questioning patients to determine the nature of disorders and illnesses, and recording patients' medical information
- •Ordering laboratory tests, x-rays and other diagnostic procedures, and interpreting findings to assist in diagnosis
- •Providing overall care for patients, and prescribing and administering treatments, medications and other remedial measures
- •Monitoring patients' progress and response to treatment
- •Advising on diet, exercise and other habits which aid prevention and treatment of disease and disorders
- •Referring patients to, and exchanging medical information with, specialist medical practitioners
- •Reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities
- •Arranging the admission of patients to hospitals
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
40
Female Share
51.0%
Part-Time Share
23.0%
Skill Level
1 / 5
Highest