Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.

Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 25 occupations and seen in 29 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Advise patients or clients on medical issues. in Providing Consultation and Advice to 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 29 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 26 (90%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 20 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.030% per task.

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.

• Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens. · Naturopathic Physicians · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. · Pediatricians, General · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. · Family Medicine Physicians · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care. · Nurse Midwives · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance. · Physician Assistants · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity. · Exercise Physiologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public. · Dental Hygienists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Educate patients about maintenance and promotion of healthy vision. · Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters. · Chiropractors · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life. · Dietitians and Nutritionists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation. · Dietitians and Nutritionists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Counsel and encourage patients to develop leisure activities. · Recreational Therapists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines. · Dietetic Technicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. · General Internal Medicine Physicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy. · Midwives · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options. · Veterinarians · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide education and counseling on illness and injury prevention. · Sports Medicine Physicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding. · Midwives · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. · Occupational Therapists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Provide information or counseling regarding issues such as animal health care, behavior problems, or nutrition. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. · Obstetricians and Gynecologists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Advise pet owners on how to care for their pets' health. · Animal Caretakers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children. · Midwives · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease. · Anesthesiologists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Provide individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition. · Fitness and Wellness Coordinators · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Educate patients regarding treatment plans, physiological reactions to treatment, or post-treatment care. · Medical Dosimetrists · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, or disease prevention. · Cardiologists · exposure with tools
• Answer questions that patients have about their health and well-being. · Cardiologists · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Naturopathic Physicians
• Pediatricians, General
• Physician Assistants
• Nurse Midwives
• Family Medicine Physicians
• Exercise Physiologists
• Dental Hygienists
• Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
• Chiropractors
• Nurse Practitioners
• Dietitians and Nutritionists
• Recreational Therapists
• Dietetic Technicians
• General Internal Medicine Physicians
• Midwives
• Veterinarians
• Occupational Therapists
• Sports Medicine Physicians
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Animal Caretakers
• Anesthesiologists
• Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
• Medical Dosimetrists
• Cardiologists

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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “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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