Physician Assistants, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
29-1071.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Physician AssistantsSOC 29-1071.00
88% · agent
85% · agent
82% · agent
78% · agent
15% · you keep
Diagnostic decision makingWhat can do this →
25% · you keep
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 what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing 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 content82% · routine communication and explanation · partly automatable