Automation index
How much of a Physiotherapist’s job can AI already do?
Today an AI can already prep materials, sort notes, and write a first summary. The class, the source, and the patient still need someone in the room.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Physiotherapist
21%
AI can already do 21% of this job.
#433 / 653
View rankingPhysiotherapist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 8% | 12% | +1 |
Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 8% | 12% | +1 |
Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 8% | 12% | +1 |
Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 8% | 28% | +2.2 |
Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 7% | 22% | +1.5 |
Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 7% | 12% | +0.8 |
Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 6% | 12% | +0.7 |
Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 6% | 12% | +0.7 |
Other less frequent tasks (weight estimated from frequency).EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 42% | 28% | +11.8 |
| Total | 100% | 21% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- orthopaedic manual physiotherapy
- medical terminology
- emergency surgery
- general medicine
- surgery
- human physiology
- geriatrics
- kinetics
- neurology
- pharmacology
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1123.00· ESCO/ISCO 2264
IS WORK OVER?
Geriatric aide
19%
#494 / 653
View rankingGeriatric aide
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Shift, the sheet and the diets.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Hygiene, the bed and the one who resists.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Transfer, the hoist and not hurting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Eating, the choke and staying on it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The family, the complaint and not arguing in the corridor.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Lift them, and not leaving them alone.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- bed hygiene
- hoist transfer
- choking
- care-home shifts
- pureed diets
- geriatric aide work
- repositioning
- being there
Sources for this job· O*NET 31-1131.00· ESCO/ISCO 5321