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GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course reviews one of the most important terms in psychotherapy, the standard of care. For a psychotherapist to successfully be sued by a plaintiff, a negative or unfortunate outcome is not enough. Plaintiff must establish that the therapist acted below the standard of care. Similarly, administrative judges or licensing boards may sanction a psychotherapist, if they find that the therapist operated below the standard of care. It is, therefore, of extreme importance that psychotherapists and counselors understand the parameters that define the standard of care, practice within the standard and learn ways to document that they did not practice below the standard. (Intermediate level).
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
Review the elements that the standard of care in psychotherapy is based on.
Summarize the complexities and problems in establishing the standard of care.
Discuss the relationships between the standard of care and state laws, case laws and the codes of ethics.
Review guidelines for record keeping that demonstrate that therapists operate within the standard of care.
Course Syllabus:
Definition
Understanding the complexities of the standard of care
Elements from which the standard of care is derived from:
Statutes
Licensing boards' regulations
Case law
Ethical Codes of professional associations
Consensus of the professionals
Consensus in the community
What the standard of care is not
It is not a standard of perfection
It is not guided by risk management principles
It does not follow psychoanalytic or any other particular theoretical orientation
The standard is not determined by outcome
The standard is not permanent or fixed
It is not determined by cost
The standard of care and risk management
Compliance with the standard of care - Record keeping
Summary
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