Will AI Replace Orthotists and Prosthetists?

Fit, test, and evaluate devices on patients, and make adjustments for proper fit, function, and comfort.

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

Instruct patients in the use and care of orthoses and prostheses.

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

Maintain patients' records.

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

Examine, interview, and measure patients to determine their appliance needs and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit.

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

Select materials and components to be used, based on device design.

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

Design orthopedic and prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions and examination and measurement of patients.

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

Repair, rebuild, and modify prosthetic and orthopedic appliances.

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

Construct and fabricate appliances, or supervise others constructing the appliances.

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

Make and modify plaster casts of areas to be fitted with prostheses or orthoses to guide the device construction process.

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

Confer with physicians to formulate specifications and prescriptions for orthopedic or prosthetic devices.

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

Show and explain orthopedic and prosthetic appliances to healthcare workers.

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

Train and supervise support staff, such as orthopedic and prosthetic assistants and technicians.

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

Update skills and knowledge by attending conferences and seminars.

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

Research new ways to construct and use orthopedic and prosthetic devices.

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

Publish research findings or present them at conferences and seminars.

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