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AI in Clinical Practice: Ethics, Consent and Documentation
Three hours of practical, actionable guidance for the questions AI has already put in your practice. This intermediate course gives you clear frameworks for the decisions AI tools now bring to clinical work.
Instead of abstract theory, this course tackles your daily operational realities: how to evaluate a vendor beyond marketing slogans, what informed consent for AI tools must actually say, how to review AI-generated notes for attribution errors and hallucinations before you sign them, and how to respond clinically when clients bring chatbot conversations into session. The curriculum also integrates current legal and regulatory registers across multiple jurisdictions to guide your internal practice policies.
BySeph Fontane Pennock
Reviewed byMichael Callans, MSWCurriculum and outcomes
After this course you will be able to
- Evaluate AI vendor data practices against clinical and privacy standards
- Write transparent, honest consent language that covers AI tools
- Inspect AI-generated clinical notes for accuracy, omissions, and hidden risks before signing
- Respond clinically and effectively when a client relies on a chatbot
What the course covers
- 01Evaluating AI vendors and tools
- 02Informed consent language for AI in practice
- 03Reviewing and signing AI-generated documentation
- 04When clients use chatbots: the clinical conversation
- 05The regulatory landscape, kept current
Who this course is for
- Clinicians already using AI scribes or drafting tools
- Anyone whose clients bring chatbot conversations into session
- Practice owners writing an AI policy and consent language
How it works
This is a self-paced, asynchronous course (home study), not a live webinar or scheduled class. Reading with optional audio, case material worked in full, and short knowledge checks along the way. The course ends with a final exam (30 questions, retake allowed) and a course evaluation. Your certificate of completion issues immediately and stays downloadable from your private course link.
Common questions
Does it cover the new state AI laws?
Yes: a dated state-law register covering Illinois, Nevada, and Utah with precise scope notes, maintained monthly. Vermont is listed as pending full legal review, which is exactly what we tell you on the page.
Will it teach me which AI tools to buy?
No vendor endorsements. It teaches a vendor evaluation checklist: BAAs, data handling, output review duties, so you can judge any tool yourself.
I barely use AI. Is this premature?
Your clients use it. The course includes the clinical conversation for when a client relies on a chatbot, which is already a weekly event in many practices.
Our promise
Take the course. Work the cases. If it is not what you needed and you have not yet passed the final exam, one email within 30 days gets you a full refund. No forms, no questions, no partial credit games.
Three ways to take it
This course
$39
- 3 hours of instruction
- Final exam and certificate of completion
- 12 months of access
- Courses that are not open yet offer a waitlist
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$99
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- Ethics, suicide assessment, AI in practice
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How our courses are developed and delivered.
Development
Built to a specification written by licensed clinicians, first-drafted with generative AI, and reviewed by our editorial board before release. The development disclosure appears on each course page. We disclose the AI drafting because you deserve to know how the material was made, and because a course you rely on professionally should never hide its method.
The exam
The final exam opens after you mark every reading module complete. Question and answer order are randomized for each attempt; retakes are allowed.
Sources and dates
The course reader includes a bibliography. Our state requirement guides identify board sources and show a last-verified date.
Credit
Our courses are not CE-approved and carry no license-renewal credit. Completion earns a certificate of completion.
Eligibility
This course is self-paced and asynchronous, so it does not satisfy any requirement for live or synchronous training. CE credit approvals for this course are in progress with our accreditation partners. Until an approval is confirmed for your license type and state, treat this course as professional development. This page will list the exact approvals the course carries; we do not claim approvals we do not have.
Crisis resources
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) in the US. Our courses train professionals and are not a crisis service.