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O*NET detailed work activityAdvise patients on preventive care techniques
Stays humanBe there for people
3 jobs3 tasks
This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.
Part of Advise patients or clients on medical issues, under the O*NET work activity group Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Advise patients about treatments and foot care techniques necessary for prevention of future problems.
- Counsel patients on topics such as the need for annual dermatologic screenings, sun protection, skin cancer awareness, or skin and lymph node self-examinations.
- Advise or instruct patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health care services.