Develop patient or client care or treatment plans
Work activity · O*NET
Develop patient or client care or treatment plans is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Thinking Creatively. 48 occupations report doing it as part of their work.
What it involves
The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.
- Develop medical treatment plans
- Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies
- Develop treatment plans for patients or clients
- Develop exercise or conditioning programs
- Modify treatment plans to accommodate client needs
- Develop patient therapy programs
- Establish treatment goals
How AI is applied to this activity
Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.
| AI completes it successfully | 94.6% | When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task |
| Scope AI handles | 32.1% | How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation |
| Positive user feedback | 78.1% | Share of interactions users rated positively |
| How often AI is applied here | 43rd pct | Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them |
Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.
Detailed work activities
The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.
- Develop medical treatment plans. · 21 occupations · 29 tasks · 90% AI-exposed
- Develop treatment plans for patients or clients. · 9 occupations · 15 tasks · 87% AI-exposed
- Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies. · 6 occupations · 21 tasks · 67% AI-exposed
- Modify treatment plans to accommodate client needs. · 5 occupations · 5 tasks · 60% AI-exposed
- Develop exercise or conditioning programs. · 3 occupations · 5 tasks · 100% AI-exposed
- Develop patient therapy programs. · 3 occupations · 4 tasks · 50% AI-exposed
- Establish treatment goals. · 2 occupations · 3 tasks · 100% AI-exposed
Occupations that perform this activity
Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.
Showing 40 of 48 occupations.
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Develop patient or client care or treatment plans." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/develop-patient-or-client-care-or-treatment-plans
Singulariki. (2026). Develop patient or client care or treatment plans. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/develop-patient-or-client-care-or-treatment-plans
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