Licensed physical therapists write rehab scenarios — evaluation through progression and discharge — and grade AI model output against contraindications, red flags, and evidence-based practice. Work is remote, async, paid hourly at an observed $70–105/hr with a 10 hour weekly minimum.

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What the work involves

You author clinical scenarios the way a case would actually unfold: subjective history and objective findings, an evaluation, a plan of care, and then the progression decisions that follow reassessment. Each scenario needs a reference answer that spells out the reasoning — not just "progress to single-leg stance," but why that dosage at that phase of healing, what would have stopped you, and what discharge criteria look like. The second half of the work is grading: you read model-generated exercise prescriptions and rehab advice and score them for safety, contraindications, missed red flags, and whether the evidence cited is real and applied correctly.

The most valuable thing you bring is your ability to catch output that reads fluently and confidently but would hurt someone — loading a repaired tendon too early, missing cervical artery screening before manipulation, prescribing aggressive vestibular habituation to a patient whose symptoms suggest central pathology, or blowing past a post-op protocol's ROM restrictions. Models are good at sounding like a clinician. They are worse at knowing when to stop.

What the platform screens for

AfterQuery's screen is AI-led and follow-up heavy. Expect to name your licence state and clinical setting, then defend a specific progression decision under two or three layers of "why then and not two weeks earlier." Generalist answers that could describe any patient tend to stall. Depth in one area — orthopedic, neurologic, or acute care — beats a broad survey, and specialty certification (OCS, NCS, SCS), residency or fellowship training, or clinical instruction experience is treated as a genuine differentiator because teaching reasoning explicitly is close to what the job is.

Logistics

Fully remote, fully async — no scheduled shifts, no productivity quotas
Minimum 10 hours per week; you set the hours
Paid hourly via Stripe, weekly
Ongoing project work rather than a fixed-length engagement
Written output is the deliverable, so clear clinical documentation in English is non-negotiable

Physical Therapist Expert

What the work involves

What the platform screens for

Logistics

Interview prep — 10 questions