Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments.

Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 18 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures. in Assisting and Caring for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 18 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (33%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate. · Anesthesiologist Assistants · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses, or other healthcare professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures or related duties. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Assist pathologists or other physicians to collect cell samples by fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy or other method. · Cytotechnologists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Provide assistance to physicians or other technologists in the performance of more complex procedures. · Radiologic Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Provide veterinarians with the correct equipment or instruments, as needed. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Take animals into treatment areas and assist with physical examinations by performing such duties as obtaining temperature, pulse, or respiration data. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping. · Hearing Aid Specialists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide assistance with animal euthanasia and the disposal of remains. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Provide assistance to other healthcare personnel during dosimetry procedures and tumor localization. · Radiation Therapists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures, such as epidural or spinal injections. · Anesthesiologist Assistants · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion. · Critical Care Nurses · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac or pulmonary research or to diagnose disorders. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments. · Registered Nurses · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Assist in the application of monitoring techniques, such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, or evoked potentials. · Anesthesiologist Assistants · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Assist hospital staff with patient care duties, such as providing transportation or setting up traction. · Medical Equipment Preparers · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Perform advanced ophthalmic procedures, including electrophysiological, electrophysical, or microbial procedures. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry. · Orthoptists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Anesthesiologist Assistants
• Respiratory Therapists
• Cytotechnologists
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Hearing Aid Specialists
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Radiation Therapists
• Critical Care Nurses
• Medical Equipment Preparers
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
• Orthoptists

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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