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O*NET detailed work activityConduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues
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AI can get you up to speed fast and suggest where to look, but you need to confirm findings against real sources, records or people.
Part of Research healthcare issues, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 38 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems.
- Teach, take continuing education classes, attend conferences or seminars, or conduct research and publish findings to increase understanding of mental, emotional, or behavioral states or disorders.
- Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.
- Research new ways to construct and use orthopedic and prosthetic devices.
- Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.
- Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice.
- Conduct worker studies to determine whether specific instances of disease or illness are job-related.
- Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.
- Participate in neuroscience research activities.
- Engage in research activities related to the field of medical genetics or genetic counseling.
- Collect for, or share with, research projects patient data on specific genetic disorders or syndromes.
- Conduct research on neuropsychological disorders.
- Conduct laboratory or clinical research on allergy or immunology topics.
- Conduct research to develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures that prevent or control disease or injury.
- Conduct research to develop and test surgical techniques that can improve operating procedures and outcomes related to musculoskeletal injuries and diseases.
- Conduct research to develop and test surgical techniques that can improve operating procedures and outcomes.
- Conduct research in occupational therapy.
- Participate in clinical research projects.
- Conduct research in the prevention or treatment of injuries or medical conditions related to sports and exercise.
- Plan, conduct, and evaluate dietary, nutritional, and epidemiological research.
- Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
- Conduct clinical or basic research.
- Collect data regarding potential hazards from new equipment or products linked to green practices.
- Plan or conduct exercise physiology research projects.
- Conduct clinical research on topics such as maternal or infant health care, contraceptive methods, breastfeeding, and gynecological care.
- Determine the effects of drug therapies, antibiotics, or new surgical techniques by testing them on animals.
- Research diseases to which animals could be susceptible.
- Conduct medical research to aid in controlling and curing disease, to investigate new medications, and to develop and test new medical techniques.
- Conduct research and present scientific findings.
- Conduct, or assist in the conduct of, music therapy research.
- Engage in research activities related to nursing.
- Collaborate in research studies.
- Conduct or direct research on speech or hearing topics and report findings for use in developing procedures, technologies, or treatments.
- Conduct radiation oncology-related research, such as improving computer treatment planning systems or developing new treatment devices.
- Conduct research to develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
- Conduct research to develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
- Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
- Conduct clinical or laboratory-based research in ophthalmology.
- Collect data related to ecological or human health risks at brownfield sites.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Design the arrangement of radiation fields to reduce exposure to critical patient structures, such as organs, using computers, manuals, and guides.
- Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.