Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1291.00
Acupuncturists
Diagnose, treat, and prevent disorders by stimulating specific acupuncture points within the body using acupuncture needles. May also use cups, nutritional supplements, therapeutic massage, acupressure, and other alternative health therapies.
- US jobs
- 7,830
- Median wage
- $76,040 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of acupuncturists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 27%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
- 13%Follow standard healthcare safety procedures to protect patient and staff membersNot measured
- 9%Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment optionsNot measured
- 6%Develop patient or client care or treatment plansNot measured
- 6%Collect information about patients or clientsNot measured
- 6%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 6%Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristicsNot measured
- 6%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental, and infection control policies and procedures.
- Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements.
- Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and statutes.
- Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding.
- Develop individual treatment plans and strategies.
- Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.
- Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health.
- Collect medical histories and general health and lifestyle information from patients.
- Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses.
- Educate patients on topics, such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, or relaxation techniques.
- Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses.
- Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions.
Other job titles for this occupation (15)
Acupuncture Doctor · Acupuncture Physician · Acupuncture Provider · Acupuncturist · Chinese Medical Doctor (Chinese MD) · Chinese Medicine Doctor · Herbalist · Licensed Acupuncturist (LAC) · Oriental Medicine Provider · Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor · Acupressure Therapist · Acupressurist · Auricular Acupuncturist · Auricular Detoxification Specialist · Auricular Therapist