General Physician

What you'll do

A six-week, start-now evaluation sprint for a leading AI lab's health models. You read what the model says about diagnosis, case reasoning and care workflows, and decide whether a clinician should trust it.

The tasks named in the ad:

• Evaluating outputs for clinical accuracy, safety and alignment with medical standards
• Scoring diagnoses, case reasoning and care recommendations against expert judgment
• Writing structured feedback on clarity, safety and clinical rigour
• Flagging failure modes that put patients at risk
• Working asynchronously with the lab's AI researchers

The list of specialties tells you what the lab is testing: primary care, internal medicine, emergency and critical care are the front doors patients and clinicians are most likely to bring a health model to. Expect undifferentiated presentations rather than subspecialty puzzles, and expect the safety questions (when to escalate, what not to miss) to carry the most weight.

Who fits

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Active, unrestricted US medical licence
• Residency complete and currently practising, seeing patients
• Practice in primary care, general internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine or critical care
• Sharp attention to detail and clear written communication
• Located in the US

3+ years post-residency in your current role is strongly preferred, not required.

Onboarding is spelled out more than usual: resume and form, a 25-minute conversational interview, credential verification (licence status, residency completion, current practice setting), then roster placement confirmed with the project team before you start. Next steps are promised within a few days.

What it pays

$150 per hour, flat. At the 20-hour weekly minimum over six weeks that is at least $18,000 before tax if the hours hold. The same rate as Mercor's broader General Clinician pool, which accepts any specialty and previously practising physicians; this one is narrower but has a defined end date. Primary care physicians should also compare the $170 documentation review role, which asks for half the weekly hours.

Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise, and you are engaged as an independent contractor. Mercor cannot support H-1B or STEM OPT candidates.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Clear scope, start date and duration
• Transparent onboarding with credential checks named up front
• Flat $150/hour with no band
• Fully remote and asynchronous

Less good:

• 20+ hours a week for six weeks is heavy alongside clinical work
• Current practice and an active US licence are hard requirements
• Five specialty groups only; other specialists are out
• H-1B and STEM OPT holders excluded
• Projects can be extended, shortened or ended early

About this listing

Posted by Mercor as an hourly remote contract for US-located physicians, for an unnamed AI lab. The $150 rate, six-week timeline, 20-hour commitment and requirements are the ad's own. See Mercor.