Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.

“Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.” is a core task performed by Neurologists. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 23rd by importance (#2 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories. · importance 4.9
• Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests. · importance 4.8
• Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid. · importance 4.8
• Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results. · importance 4.7
• Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects. · importance 4.7
• Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke. · importance 4.7
• Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans. · importance 4.6
• Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs. · importance 4.6
• Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes. · importance 4.6
• Communicate with other health care professionals regarding patients' conditions and care. · importance 4.6
• Counsel patients or others on the background of neurological disorders including risk factors, or genetic or environmental concerns. · importance 4.4
• Interpret the results of neuroimaging studies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans. · importance 4.4
• Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures. · importance 4.3
• Coordinate neurological services with other health care team activities. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Neurologists page.

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-task-17132,
  title  = {Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.},
  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/tasks/task-17132}
}