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Rose and colleagues used a framework (Autor’s Framework) developed in labor economics to evaluate the work of the emergency physician and the potential for replacement by AI. Mapping emergency physician tasks to a four-quadrant grid, they found that most time on shift is spent in non-routine abstract or manual tasks, areas more protected from AI penetration.
Rose C, Molins E, Schoeffler A, Kabeer R, Frank MR, Preiksaitis C. Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Me? Automation Susceptibility of Emergency Physician Tasks; Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2026; 88, 551-561.