Freelance Physician AI Trainer - Remote USA Contract — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is fully remote and project-based, which sounds appealing for digital nomads — but there's a critical constraint: you must hold an active, unrestricted US medical license, which requires US residency and ongoing compliance with state medical boards. This effectively limits the role to physicians physically based in the United States.
That said, the work itself is entirely async. There are no fixed hours, no video calls, and no timezone requirements stated — you simply complete tasks and submit them before the project deadline. This means a US-licensed physician who travels domestically, or spends short periods abroad, could potentially continue working as long as they maintain their license standing.
Practical considerations for location-flexible physicians:
- The 10–20 hrs/week workload is manageable alongside clinical work or during travel between shifts.
- No coworking allowance, equipment stipend, or travel perks are mentioned.
- Payment is per accepted task at up to $100/hr — in Bangkok or Medellín, even 10 hrs/week at this rate ($1,000+) covers comfortable living costs. However, US license obligations make long-term relocation complicated.
- This is a freelance contract, not employment — no visa sponsorship, benefits, or immigration support.
Bottom line: nomad-compatible in format, but license requirements anchor you to the US. Best suited for US-based physicians seeking flexible supplemental income.
Headquarters: Singapore
URL: https://jobs.workable.com/company/r7muFeAbcksMFWASJu45jA/jobs-at-mindrift
Please submit your CV in English and indicate your level of English proficiency.
Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based.
What this opportunity involves
We're looking for US-based, actively practicing physicians (MD/DO) to evaluate clinical EHR vignettes for a medical AI evaluation program. General and internal medicine are our main focus. While each project involves unique tasks, contributors may:
- Evaluate clinical EHR vignettes paired with a question, a proposed answer, and a distractor "trap" answer across diagnosis and treatment tasks, spanning cardiovascular, nervous, hematologic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, musculoskeletal, and integumentary systems;
- Score the clinical reasoning quality of benchmark items: vignette accuracy and completeness, whether the vignette gives the answer away, answer correctness and gradeability, and trap quality;
- Check whether the reasoning chain reaches the answer from vignette facts alone, correct reasoning traces, and write short rationales;
- Work within three independent blind reads, followed by physician adjudication. Real clinical complexity only. You're improving the AI tools you'll eventually use yourself.
What we look for
This opportunity is a good fit for US-based physicians open to part-time, non-permanent projects. Ideally, contributors will have:
- Medical degree (MD or DO) and an active, unrestricted US medical license (verified with the issuing medical board);
- Board certification or completed residency training, with recent direct patient care (attending-level preferred);
- Broad, multi-system diagnostic and treatment experience (internal, family, emergency, or hospital medicine);
- Strong clinical reasoning: differential diagnosis, next-step management, and application of evidence-based guidelines;
- Prior experience in medical AI evaluation, clinical content or exam-question review, or medical annotation/QA (a plus);
- Strong written English (C1+).
This opportunity is not suitable for medical students, unlicensed medical graduates, non-physician clinicians (NPs, PAs, nurses, pharmacists), or non-clinical healthcare titles.
Project time expectations
Tasks are estimated to require around 10–20 hours per week during active phases, based on project requirements. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed workload, and applies only while the project is active. Tasks must be submitted by the deadline and meet the listed acceptance criteria to be accepted.
Compensation
Paid per accepted task. Your rate depends on the qualification tier you reach and how efficiently you complete tasks — up to the equivalent of $100/hr. Because payment is per approved task, a faster pace raises your effective hourly rate.
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/mindrift-licensed-physician-md-do-freelance-ai-trainer
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