Physician Assistants, 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.

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SOC code
29-1071.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
15 activities
Activities an agent can take on
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Physician AssistantsSOC 29-1071.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
Diagnostic decision makingWhat can do this →
25% · you keepBarely automatable
15% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 2 need no setup
Medical Documentation Agent
Epic Systems · eClinicalWorks EHR software · Microsoft Word
Needs Epic Systems
Clinical Analysis Agent
Medical condition coding software · Microsoft Excel · Web
● No integration needed
Patient Education Agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Office software · Web
● No integration needed
Supply Management Agent
Patient management software · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Outlook
Needs Patient management software
You keep this
Conduct physical examinations and hands-on patient careMake final diagnostic and treatment decisionsPrescribe medications and approve treatment plansProvide direct surgical assistance and perform therapeutic procedures

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.

Medical data compilation and documentation88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Test result analysis and interpretation85% · analysis and evaluation work · mostly automatable
Patient education and counseling content64% · routine communication and explanation · partly automatable

The full activity list

All 15 detailed work activities O*NET records for Physician Assistants, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.