Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.

Confer with other professionals to plan patient care. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates .

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 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (55%) 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.

• Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge. · Emergency Medicine Physicians · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Communicate and collaborate with other healthcare professionals involved with the care of a patient. · Occupational Therapy Assistants · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. · Physical Therapist Assistants · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals. · Emergency Medicine Physicians · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers. · Psychiatric Aides · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Attend care plan meetings to review patient progress and update care plans. · Occupational Therapy Assistants · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. · Physical Therapist Aides · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Coordinate patient care conferences. · Critical Care Nurses · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Consult with other health care professionals, such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, physicians, and psychologists, to develop treatment plans for clients. · Massage Therapists · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Consult with patient's other medical care specialists, such as cardiologist and endocrinologist, to determine if surgery is necessary. · Pediatric Surgeons · exposure with tools
• Talk to other physicians about patients to create a treatment plan. · Cardiologists · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Emergency Medicine Physicians
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Psychiatric Aides
• Physical Therapist Aides
• Critical Care Nurses
• Massage Therapists
• Cardiologists
• Pediatric Surgeons

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.

@misc{singulariki-confer-with-other-professionals-to-plan-patient-care,
  title  = {Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/confer-with-other-professionals-to-plan-patient-care}
}