Open notes in psychotherapy: An exploratory mixed methods survey of psychotherapy students in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a growing number of countries, patients are offered access to their full online clinical records, including the narrative reports written by clinicians (the latter, referred to as "open notes"). Even in countries with mature patient online record access, access to psychotherapy notes is not mandatory. To date, no research has explored the views of psychotherapy trainees about open notes.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the opinions of psychotherapy trainees in Switzerland about patients' access to psychotherapists' free-text summaries.

Methods

We administered a web-based mixed methods survey to 201 psychotherapy trainees to explore their familiarity with and opinions about the impact on patients and psychotherapy practice of offering patients onlin

SUBMITTER: Kharko A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981219 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature