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Bloomington, Minnesota · Remote OK

Licensed Physician (MD/DO) - Freelance AI Trainer

Internal Medicine 8.1 Work-LifeContract

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Job Description

About the Company

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. This is a task-based, independent contractor opportunity, not an employment relationship. Participation is limited to this project.

  • Project Highlights
  • Earnings per approved task: a fixed rate for each task, set in advance
  • Fully self-scheduled: no minimum hours and no set schedule; you choose which tasks to take and when
  • Remote: open to US-licensed physicians based in eligible US states
  • No patient contact, no malpractice exposure: you review written clinical cases
  • All contributors are license-verified physicians
  • $50 one-time onboarding reward, paid once your first task on the project is approved

What This Project Involves

We're looking for physicians (MD/DO) with an active, unrestricted US medical license to evaluate clinical EHR vignettes for a medical AI evaluation project. General and internal medicine are the main focus. Each task is a written clinical case, assessed against the project's acceptance criteria. 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.

Each case receives 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 project is a good fit for US-licensed physicians looking for a flexible, time-limited project they can fit around their other commitments. Ideally, contributors will have:

Medical degree (MD or DO) and an active, unrestricted US medical license (verified at onboarding and re-checked monthly);

Board certification or completed residency training, with direct patient care experience (attending-level preferred). Practising or retired physicians welcome;

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 project is not suitable for medical students, unlicensed medical graduates, non-physician clinicians (NPs, PAs, nurses, pharmacists), or non-clinical healthcare titles.
  • How it works
  • Apply → Pass qualification(s) → Join the project → Complete tasks → Get paid for approved tasks

Flexibility

You decide whether, when, and how much to contribute. There are no minimum hours, set schedules, or required availability. Task availability varies with project phases. Tasks are submitted through the platform and are approved when they meet the project’s acceptance criteria.

Earnings

Earnings are paid only for completed and approved tasks. Each task type has a fixed rate. There is no time tracking and no hour logging. There are no tiers or speed adjustments to the rate. QA and adjudication tasks have a higher per-task rate.

$50 one-time onboarding reward, paid once your first task on the project is approved.

Quality incentives: additional earnings for high-quality approved tasks, on terms set out in the project guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate written clinical EHR vignettes and assess the accuracy, completeness, and gradeability of questions, answers, and distractor answers. Review clinical reasoning chains, score benchmark items, and provide concise rationales for evaluations.

Requirements

Applicants must hold an MD or DO degree and an active, unrestricted US medical license; residency completion or board certification and direct patient care experience are expected. The role calls for broad diagnostic and treatment experience, strong evidence-based clinical reasoning, and C1-level or stronger written English.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningEvidence-Based MedicineClinical Case EvaluationEHR Vignette ReviewClinical Content ReviewQuality AssuranceMulti-System Diagnostic Experience

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Physician (MD/DO) - Freelance AI Trainer at Mindrift a 8.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,356 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Mindrift holds gold-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 86/100, 11 active listings.

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 36% have no call, 70% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Internal Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.1 / 10 · top 5% in internal medicineranked against 1,356 Internal Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedInternal Medicine median $250k (middle half $250k–$339k)18 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 4% remote · 36% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS Physician listings: 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Internal Medicine hiring demand#3 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 38 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 579 postings, 472 closed
New Internal Medicine listings588 in the last 30 days362 the 30 days before (+62%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Internal Medicine pay trend+3.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Mindriftgold tier, 86/100Top Employers work-life index11 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,356 Internal Medicine listings), Top Employers work-life index, WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About Mindrift

Technology, Information and Internet
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Fully remote
Flexible schedule
No patient contact
No malpractice exposure
$50 onboarding reward
Quality incentives