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How exposed to AI is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician?

Of the 15 tasks O*NET lists for physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 11 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
MD (Medical Doctor)Medical Director Acute Rehabilitation Unit PhysiatristPain Management PhysicianPediatric PhysiatristPhysiatristPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (PM and R Physician)PhysicianRehabilitation Physician
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
15
tasks rated for this occupation
100%
hold a degree, from a survey of 23
257k
people do this job in the US
71 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.

Only with software built on top

4
  • Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes
  • Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures
  • Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration
  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians

Cannot be sped up

11
  • Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition
  • Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions
  • Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections
  • Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities
  • Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage
  • Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength
  • Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation
  • Instruct interns and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of temporary or permanent physically disabling conditions
  • Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions, such as sports injuries or repetitive-motion injuries
  • Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency
  • Conduct physical tests, such as functional capacity evaluations, to determine injured workers' capabilities to perform the physical demands of their jobs
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.