Automation index

How much of a Surgical technologist’s job can AI already do?

A checklist and a count come earlier. The clamp on time, and not breaking sterility, do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

19%

AI can already do 19% of this job.

#541 / 633

Surgical technologist

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
Checklist, tray and swab count. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Set the table, pass and scrub. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Watch sterility, lines and the patient. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Coordinate with surgeon, anaesthetic and porter. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Notes, implants and kit records. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Shifts, on-call and not leaving a swab inside. Estimate No 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

IS WORK OVER?

30%

#44 / 633

Pathologist

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
Grossing, embedding and the first trim. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Read stains, IHC and a template report. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	52%	+8.3
The hard case, the second look and the frozen section. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Board, the surgeon on the phone and the margin. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Cytology, autopsy and the specimen that arrives late. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Signing the diagnosis and what the patient is playing for. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		30%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low