Will AI replace Anesthesiologists?
Estimated risk score: 40 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (21 to 59).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 18 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 29-1211.00 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 2 of its 18 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.
- Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 9 of its 18 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
- Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
- Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
- Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
- Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.
- Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
What the job is
Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.
Also called: Staff Anesthetist, Obstetrical Anesthesiologist, Anaesthesiologist, Anesthesiology Physician, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, General Anesthesiologist, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Ambulatory Anesthesiologist.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 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. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate