About this role
Opportunity Overview Handshake is looking for physicians to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job. You’ll draw on your clinical training and hands-on experience in acute care, medicine, and surgery to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing physician. The Handshake AI program runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise. This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role. What You’ll Do - Use your clinical expertise to create expert-level tasks that today’s top AI models can’t solve, based on real clinical workflows such as diagnosis, differential reasoning, imaging and test interpretation, treatment planning, and procedural decision-making - Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with current medical practice and guidelines - Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance - Work remotely and complete tasks at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement Qualifications - Degree: Completed MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree - Clinical training: Completed or currently enrolled in a residency or fellowship, or board certified or board eligible, in one of the specialties below - Specialty depth: Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: - Acute care and medicine: - Stroke and vascular neurology - Critical care (medical, surgical, or trauma ICU) - Emergency medicine, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) - Cardiology: interventional (cath) and echocardiography - Radiation oncology (contouring) - Infectious disease - OB/GYN and maternal-fetal medicine (obstetric ultrasound) - Ophthalmology: retina or glaucoma (OCT) - Surgery: - General surgery - Orthopedic trauma surgery (wrist, ankle, and hip fractures) and adult arthroplasty - Oral and maxillofacial or craniofacial trauma surgery Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application) - Experience across multiple specialties or care settings, or with electronic health records, point-of-care imaging, and clinical decision support tools - Experience at an academic medical center or teaching hospital, peer-reviewed publications, or involvement in clinical research or AI-assisted medical tools Required for all applicants - Must have US work authorization - Strong written communication and attention to detail - Ability to explain complex medical concepts clearly - Do not share patient health information or identifiable patient data - Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
