Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1229.01
Allergists and Immunologists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
- US jobs
- 342,720 (SOC 29-1229 group, "Physicians, All Other")
- Median wage
- $265,930 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of allergists and immunologists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
21% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 29-1229 group).
- 10%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
- 9%Prescribe medical treatments or devicesMeasured
- 6%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 5%Advise others on healthcare or wellness issuesNot measured
- 5%Develop patient or client care or treatment plansMeasured
- 5%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 4%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
- 4%Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristicsNot measured
Benchmarks for this occupation
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Direct evidence
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Benchmarks for the job family
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Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
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Context only
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Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions.
- Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
- Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
- Prescribe medication such as antihistamines, antibiotics, and nasal, oral, topical, or inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
- Interpret diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.
- Document patients' medical histories.
- Develop individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.
- Provide therapies, such as allergen immunotherapy or immunoglobin therapy, to treat immune conditions.
- Conduct physical examinations of patients.
- Assess the risks and benefits of therapies for allergic and immunologic disorders.
- Coordinate the care of patients with other health care professionals or support staff.
- Perform allergen provocation tests such as nasal, conjunctival, bronchial, oral, food, or medication challenges.
Other job titles for this occupation (24)
Adult and Pediatric Allergy Partner · Allergist · Allergy and Immunology Physician · Allergy and Immunology Specialist · Allergy Physician · Immunologist · Immunology Physician · MD (Medical Doctor) · Pediatric Pulmonologist · Physician · Allergy Immunology Fellow · Allergy Specialist · APP (Advanced Practice Provider) · Clinical Academic Allergist · Clinical Allergist · Clinical Allergy Specialist · Clinical Immunologist · Doctor · Immunochemist · Immunology Specialist · Laboratory Immunologist (Lab Immunologist) · Pediatric Allergist · Pediatric Immunologist · Transplant Immunologist