OpenTrainMD / licensed physician

Infectious Disease Physician AI Evaluation

You will help evaluate AI systems on infectious disease care. The work includes writing challenging clinical tasks, reviewing generated answers, and explaining whether they are accurate, safe, and consistent with current infectious disease practice.

Field: Medicine & health
Where: United States
Commitment: part time
Hours: up to 20/week
Asks for: MD / licensed physician
Posted: 6 days ago

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How this pay compares

The title points to rating and reviewing ai output: judging a model's answers or code against guidelines, such as which of two is better or whether one is correct and safe. What each kind of AI training work pays

At $180/hr, this role pays more than 82% of the 190 open medicine & health roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $96.

Open medicine & health roles that ask for an MD / licensed physician have a median of $170/hr (77 roles).

Among platforms with 10 or more priced medicine & health roles, Mercor has the highest median ($150/hr across 37 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($55/hr across 25).

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 6 days ago.

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Rate

$180/hr

Hours a week (listing allows up to 20)20 hrs

Per week, before tax

$3,600

Per month, if the work is steady

$15,600

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Open medicine & health roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

Platform	Open	Median	Best-paid open role
Mercor	40	$150/hr	Cardiologist$350/hr
micro1	26	$98/hr	Domain Researcher, Medical$400k-800k/yr
OpenTrain AIthis role	103	$98/hr	Anesthesiologists for AI Model Evaluation$300/hr
Alignerr	25	$55/hr	Clinical Business Intelligence Manager$40-80/hr
Handshake AI	22	up to $180/hr	Anesthesiologists AI TrainerUp to $300/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

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The work

Create expert tasks based on diagnostic workups for fever and suspected infection.
Write scenarios involving cultures, laboratory data, antimicrobial selection, stewardship, resistant infections, and treatment planning.
Review AI-generated answers for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with infectious disease practice.
Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI responses.
Use independent clinical judgment in a remote, asynchronous setting.

What it pays and takes

This is ongoing, flexible, part-time contract work. You can complete assignments alongside your current clinical role.

Pay: up to $180 per hour.
Time: 20+ hours per week.
Location: Open to candidates in the United States.
Education: MD, DO, or an equivalent medical degree.
Training: Completed residency in internal medicine or pediatrics and fellowship training in infectious disease.
Communication: Strong written communication, close attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex infectious disease concepts clearly.
Helpful experience includes inpatient infectious disease consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, resistant organisms, HIV medicine, transplant or immunocompromised patient care, hospital epidemiology, infection prevention, tuberculosis, mycobacterial disease, and travel or emerging infections.
Board certification or eligibility, additional fellowship training, academic medical center experience, publications, clinical research, public health, or stewardship program experience may also support success.

How it works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume and then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind systems that generate and assess text, including clinical answers. Experienced professionals are paid to create realistic examples and review model responses so they better reflect accurate, safe practice.

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $180/hr since Nov 6, 2026 with no change.

Across OpenTrain AI's medicine & health roles, the median listed pay was $85/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (41 roles) and is $98/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (102 roles).

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