Webinar 5: Mastering Clinical Record Keeping: Best Practices and Ethical Considerations

Abstract

Across various information management systems, key components of client records generally include informed consent forms, biographical data, emergency contacts, testing results, treatment plans, and billing information. Participants have learned about maintaining accurate session notes, documenting crisis incidents, and managing printed communications with clients. Additionally, the session covered the importance of tracking treatment progress through questionnaires and maintaining copies of client-related documents, such as therapy attendance confirmations, etc. By focusing on these essentials, this webinar aimed to enhance practitioners' skills in organized, compliant, and client-centered record-keeping.

Who is Nikola Petrović?

Nikola Petrović is an Assistant Professor at Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He is the president of the Board of Ethics of the Serbian Psychological Society, a member of the EFPA Ethics Board and the president of the EABCT Ethics board. He is also a CBT psychotherapist and supervisor, whose PhD topic was related to ethics in clinical psychology.

Resources

PDF of the presentation and recording available here under