Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.

“Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.” is a core task performed by Physical Therapists. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#13 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.

• Explain medical information to patients or family members. in Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

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.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.002% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 41% of that use is work-related
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.1 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients. · importance 4.8
• Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention. · importance 4.8
• Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer. · importance 4.7
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit. · importance 4.7
• Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home. · importance 4.7
• Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program. · importance 4.7
• Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling. · importance 4.7
• Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions. · importance 4.7
• Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data. · importance 4.6
• Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel. · importance 4.6
• Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required. · importance 4.6
• Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation. · importance 4.6
• Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health. · importance 4.4
• Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Physical Therapists 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
• 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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  title  = {Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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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}