Will AI Replace Midwives?

Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Suture perineal lacerations.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Perform post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Test patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood glucose levels.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Refer patients to specialists for procedures such as ultrasounds or biophysical profiles.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Incorporate research findings into practice as appropriate.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Estimate patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions such as massage, breathing techniques, hydrotherapy, or music.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Collect specimens for use in laboratory tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Inform patients of how to prepare and supply birth sites.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Respond to breech birth presentations by applying methods such as exercises or external version.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Develop, implement, or evaluate individualized plans for midwifery care.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide information about community health and social resources.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compile and evaluate clinical practice statistics.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Treat patients' symptoms with alternative health care methods such as herbs or hydrotherapy.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Complete birth certificates.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Collaborate in research studies.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.