Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.

Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Train others on health or medical topics. 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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (26%) 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 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.012% 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.

• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors. · Optometrists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home. · Physical Therapists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Educate patients and family members about various topics, such as communication techniques or strategies to cope with or to avoid personal misunderstandings. · Speech-Language Pathologists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise. · Physical Therapist Assistants · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Instruct patient in activities and techniques, such as sports, dance, music, art, or relaxation techniques, designed to meet their specific physical or psychological needs. · Recreational Therapists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication. · Audiologists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss. · Audiologists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Educate patients on topics, such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, or relaxation techniques. · Acupuncturists · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Instruct clients in techniques for more effective communication, such as sign language, lip reading, or voice improvement. · Speech-Language Pathologists · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Teach clients to control or strengthen tongue, jaw, face muscles, or breathing mechanisms. · Speech-Language Pathologists · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks. · Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises or the use of medications or respiratory equipment. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach independent living skills or techniques, such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Teach group exercise for low-, medium-, or high-risk clients to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning. · Exercise Physiologists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Train clients to read or write Braille. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Optometrists
• Physical Therapists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Recreational Therapists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Audiologists
• Acupuncturists
• Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
• Respiratory Therapists
• Exercise Physiologists

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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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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