AI Therapy Notes: Balancing Innovation and Ethics with AI for Clinical Private Practice (recorded webinar) – Online CE Course
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AI Therapy Notes: Balancing Innovation and Ethics with AI for Clinical Private Practice webinar course objectives, description, and outline
Course Objectives:
- Identify two ethical considerations for using AI documentation tools
- Describe what components of HIPAA apply to using AI in clinical practice
- Use a decision tree to determine whether or not an AI platform is both ethical and useful for your specific clinical work
Course Description:
Curious about the buzz around AI documentation tools for therapists and the ethical implications? This workshop has got you covered! Join us for a workshop where Dr. Maelisa McCaffrey will demystify AI documentation tools for therapists, showing you how to use these high-tech tools ethically and effectively. Spoiler alert: AI might be smarter than your average therapy dog, but it’s not taking over your practice just yet!
In this interactive session, you’ll learn how AI is currently transforming mental health private practices and get the lowdown on the ethical considerations that matter most. Dr. McCaffrey will cover HIPAA-relevant aspects, demonstrate AI-generated progress notes, and share what clients really think about AI in therapy. Bring your questions and get ready to take notes—this workshop is all about practical insights and knowing when to embrace or avoid AI in your practice.
Course Outline:
- Introductions
- Audience poll and discussion (5 min)
- What is Artificial intelligence (AI)? (5 min)
- Definition of AI
- Common nonclinical uses of AI
- Ethics, HIPAA, and AI (15 min)
- How HIPAA applies to using AI for documentation
- Ethical guidelines for using AI in documentation
- Informed consent and client questions when using AI services
- AI for clinical documentation (20 min)
- How AI platforms write therapy progress notes
- Potential benefits of using AI for documentation
- Cautions and concerns about AI documentation tools for therapists
- Q&A (10 min)
- Review of various AI tools for clinical documentation (25 min)
- Examples and analysis of AI generated progress notes
- Mitigating risk and determining the usefulness of AI progress note generators
- Final Q&A (10 min)
Instructors: Dr. Maelisa McCaffrey
Dr. Maelisa McCaffrey is a licensed psychologist, nail design enthusiast, and multi-passionate entrepreneur. With her business QA Prep, she empowers therapists with training and consultation on clinical documentation. Maelisa focuses on the “why” behind the usual recommendations and encourages clinicians to think outside the box, while also keeping their ethics intact. As a true ENFP, Maelisa aims to make sure all of her endeavors are meeting a need in the community while also allowing for plenty of laughter and fun.
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