Automation index
How much of a Radiation therapist’s job can AI already do?
Guided set-up comes earlier. Immobilising every day and not missing the field do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Radiation therapist
24%
AI can already do 24% of this job.
#289 / 653
View rankingRadiation therapist
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, IGRT and the day’s set-up.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Immobilise, tattoo and treat fraction by fraction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 12% | +2.6 |
Check images, shifts and call the physician.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Side effects, the patient who cries and the wait.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Machine QA and alarms.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Today’s dose and not irradiating the wrong thing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 24% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- set up for RT
- IGRT
- immobilise patients
- deliver fractions
- linac QA
- reference tattoos
- shifts
- radiotherapy
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1124.00· ESCO/ISCO 3211
IS WORK OVER?
Doula
19%
#508 / 653
View rankingDoula
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, expectations and what cannot be.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Labour, the house and the one that runs long.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Delivery room, the position and the one who asks for an epidural.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Puerperium, the breast and the come-down.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The midwife, the line and not playing clinician.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Be there, and not replacing the midwife.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
- birth plan
- labour support
- puerperium
- breastfeeding
- positions
- delivery room
- not replace the midwife
- expectations
Sources for this job· O*NET 31-9099.00· ESCO/ISCO 5322