Comprehensive AI automation risk analysis and career outlook for Surgical Assistants professionals
AI is unlikely to replace Surgical Assistants roles. With only a 4% automation risk, this occupation requires human skills that are difficult for AI to replicate, such as creativity, empathy, and complex reasoning.
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.
Based on human expert analysis
This occupation has a low risk of AI automation. Most tasks require human creativity, empathy, or complex problem-solving.
Risk assessment based on the "GPTs are GPTs" research by OpenAI, analyzing task-level automation potential.
Latest data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
Detailed breakdown of how AI might impact specific tasks in this role