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How exposed to AI is a Acupuncturist?

Of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for acupuncturists, 3 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 10 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Acupuncture DoctorAcupuncture PhysicianAcupuncture ProviderAcupuncturistChinese Medical Doctor (Chinese MD)Chinese Medicine DoctorHerbalistLicensed Acupuncturist (LAC)Oriental Medicine ProviderTraditional Chinese Medicine Doctor
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
18
tasks rated for this occupation
93%
hold a degree, from a survey of 28
7k
people do this job in the US
44 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

3
  • Collect medical histories and general health and lifestyle information from patients
  • Dispense herbal formulas and inform patients of dosages and frequencies, treatment duration, possible side effects, and drug interactions
  • Consider Western medical procedures in health assessment, health care team communication, and care referrals

Only with software built on top

5
  • Develop individual treatment plans and strategies
  • Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions
  • Educate patients on topics, such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, or relaxation techniques
  • Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses
  • Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health

Cannot be sped up

10
  • Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and statutes
  • Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment
  • Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding
  • Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements
  • Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental, and infection control policies and procedures
  • Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses
  • Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties, such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities
  • Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials, such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, or vapor coolants
  • Treat medical conditions, using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, or tuina
  • Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.