Physical Therapists, task by task.
The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.
Also filed here23
- therapist
- physiotherapist
- kinesiotherapist
- school physical therapist
- doctor of physical therapy dpt
- lpt licensed physical therapist
- acute physical therapist acute pt
- registered physical therapist rpt
- sports physical therapist sports pt
- travel physical therapist travel pt
- geriatric physical therapist geriatric pt
- home care physical therapist home care pt
- inpatient physical therapist inpatient pt
- pediatric physical therapist pediatric pt
- and 9 more
- SOC code
- 29-1123.00
- Activities scored
- 6
- In O*NET
- 27 activities
- Activities an agent can take on
- 4
- Grounded in
- O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Physical TherapistsSOC 29-1123.00
Documentation and record keepingWhat can do this →
88% agentMostly automatable
Treatment plan developmentWhat can do this →
85% agentMostly automatable
Patient data analysis and goal settingWhat can do this →
82% agentMostly automatable
Patient education and communicationWhat can do this →
64% agentPartly automatable
Physical examination and assessmentWhat can do this →
25% you keepBarely automatable
Hands-on treatment deliveryWhat can do this →
15% you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents 3 need no setup
Documentation agent
Patient charting software · Microsoft Word · eClinicalWorks EHR software
Needs eClinicalWorks EHR software
Treatment planning agent
Exercise routine creation software · Microsoft Excel · Medical condition coding software
No integration needed
Data analysis agent
Microsoft Excel · Patient charting software · Recordkeeping software
No integration needed
Patient communication agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Outlook · Docs
No integration needed
You keep this
Perform physical examinations and hands-on assessmentsDeliver manual therapy treatments and physical interventionsMake clinical diagnosis and treatment decisionsObtain informed consent and manage patient relationships
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
Start with these three
The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
The full activity list
All 27 detailed work activities O*NET records for Physical Therapists, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.