Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.

Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Train others to use equipment or products. in Training and Teaching 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 15 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (7%) 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.

• Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices. · Hearing Aid Specialists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patients in the use and care of orthoses and prostheses. · Orthotists and Prosthetists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Show customers how to insert, remove, and care for their contact lenses. · Opticians, Dispensing · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Train clients with visual impairments to use mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs). · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Dispense medical devices or drugs, and calculate dosages and provide instructions as necessary. · Clinical Research Coordinators · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Instruct clients in how to wear and care for eyeglasses. · Opticians, Dispensing · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patients in use of prosthetic or orthotic devices. · Medical Appliance Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Train clients to use adaptive equipment, such as large print, reading stands, lamps, writing implements, software, and electronic devices. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors. · Pharmacists · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients. · Hearing Aid Specialists · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Teach patients to use home health care equipment. · Patient Representatives · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Hearing Aid Specialists
• Orthotists and Prosthetists
• Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
• Opticians, Dispensing
• Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
• Clinical Research Coordinators
• Medical Appliance Technicians
• Pharmacists
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

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  = {Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.},
  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/instruct-patients-in-the-use-of-assistive-equipment}
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