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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.

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This source lists 15 tasks, including 15 marked Core and 0 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2026.

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Core · Task 17201 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.

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Core · Task 17200 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.

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Core · Task 17203 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.

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Core · Task 17198 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.

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Core · Task 17199 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.

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Core · Task 17210 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.

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Core · Task 17206 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.

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Core · Task 17209 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.

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Core · Task 17202 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions, such as sports injuries or repetitive-motion injuries.

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Core · Task 17207 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.

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Core · Task 17205 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.

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Core · Task 17204 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.

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Core · Task 17208 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.

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Core · Task 17196 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Instruct interns and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of temporary or permanent physically disabling conditions.

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Core · Task 17197 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Conduct physical tests, such as functional capacity evaluations, to determine injured workers' capabilities to perform the physical demands of their jobs.

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