Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports.

“Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports.” is a core task performed by Anesthesiologists. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#14 most important). About 95% 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.

• Diagnose health conditions or disorders. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications. · importance 4.9
• Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery. · importance 4.8
• Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure. · importance 4.8
• Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods. · importance 4.8
• Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures. · importance 4.8
• Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility. · importance 4.7
• Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation. · importance 4.6
• Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery. · importance 4.6
• Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain. · importance 4.5
• Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures. · importance 4.2
• Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions. · importance 4.2
• Provide medical care and consultation in many settings, prescribing medication and treatment and referring patients for surgery. · importance 4.1
• Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures. · importance 4.1
• Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Anesthesiologists 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.

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  title  = {Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports.},
  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-7764}
}