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.
#419 / 633
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?
Plastic surgeon
20%
#443 / 633
View rankingPlastic surgeon
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, photos and informed consent.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 36% | +5.8 |
Operate: flaps, implants and burns.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Pre-op, markings and what you can actually promise.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Post-op, dressings and reviewing the result.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Emergencies: hand, face and the lip that will not close.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Aesthetics, reconstruction and signing what is cut.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 20% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- plastic surgery
- flaps
- implants
- burns
- hand surgery
- pre-op marking
- post-op dressings
- reconstruction
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1242.00· ESCO/ISCO 2212