Will AI replace Midwives?
Estimated risk score: 35 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 (16 to 54).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 36 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 29-9099.01 · 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: 7 of its 36 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.
- Complete birth certificates.
- Compile and evaluate clinical practice statistics.
- Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.
- Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information.
- Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 14 of its 36 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.
- Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.
- Collect specimens for use in laboratory tests.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
- Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
- Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams.
What the job is
Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.
Also called: Homebirth Midwife, Licensed Midwife (LM), Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Licensed Certified Professional Midwife, LM, CPM, Doula, Birth Doula.
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