Overview

Report writing is a critical key skill for psychologists, yet one that is often under-developed due to minimal training, limited resources, and infrequent feedback available to guide the process. 

When written well, reports convey meaningful information with clarity and insight, and lead to helpful outcomes for the client. In addition, they reflect positively on the profession more broadly, and on the writer more specifically. 

However, underlying a good report is a foundation of impeccable ethics, deliberate diversity awareness, careful practice and thorough knowledge of processes.

This activity conceptualises these elements to develop a sound base from which you can enhance your report-writing skills. 

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those who are new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to this eLearning activity is for 6 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This eLearning activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality.

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Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this eLearning activity, participants should be able to: 

• identify ethical challenges associated with report writing, 

• understand the importance of diversity awareness when writing reports,

• explain the elements and types of reports, 

• recognise characteristics of an effective report, 

• identify the elements of an effective report, and 

• formulate an approach to preparing an effective report.