OVERVIEW

Ethics & Risk Management: Expert Tips 7 is organized by Professional Development Resources (PDR), Inc.

Course Description:
Ethics & Risk Management: Expert Tips 7 is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that addresses a variety of ethics and risk management topics in the form of 22 archived articles from The National Psychologist and is intended for psychotherapists of all specialties.

Topics include:
• Why the Mismatch and What Do I Do?
• What Malpractice Insurance Isn’t
• An Ethical Prohibition That Isn’t - And Never Really Was
• Documentation, Lawyers and Common Sense
• Hot Topics in Psychological Practice
• Self-Care Important for Psychologists and Graduate Students
• I Confess ...
• Forensic Psychology IS a Specialty
• Ethics with Feeling
• Vague Standards, Guidelines, Laws Create Telepsychology Risks
• Patient Access to Records: The Invisible Confidentiality Right
• The Minefield of Divorce Counseling
• Ethics, Psychology and the Prison Mess
• Risks Accompany Benefits of Telecommunications
• Most Psychologists Misinformed on ‘Duty to Warn’
• Legal Pitfalls in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
• Ethical Issues in Assessing & Treating Elite Athletes
• Electronic Health Records Raise New Ethical Concerns
• Legal, Clinical, and Ethical Implications of Legalized Marijuana
• Test Security Must be Maintained
• No Thinking Allowed: Ethics in Reverse
• Employ Spiritual Practices Ethically

Learning Objectives:
• Identify the ethical issues and risks involved in divorce and child custody cases
• List strategies for keeping test data, medical records, and other documentation safe
• Name unique skills required for the specialty practice of forensic psychology
• Describe ethical issues and risks involved in work with borderline personality disorder and dangerous clients
• Identify ethical risks posed by telecommunications, telepsychology, and electronic health records
• List legal, clinical, and ethical issues associated with the legalization of marijuana