September 22, 2019
APA & CTiBS Co-Sponsor FREE Webinar: Apps in Clinical Practice w/ Drs. Maheu, Wright & Schueller
Still scratching your head about how to select and suggest apps in clinical practice? You are not alone.
In fact, with more than 10,000 mobile, behavioral apps already in the marketplace, there is little federal oversight or substantial research identifying which health care apps are both safe and clinically valid. The development of a clear evidence-base regarding clinical apps has been outpaced by developers who launch new clinical apps on a weekly basis. Clinicians, consumers and their loved ones are confused.
Meanwhile, articles about the “best” behavioral and mental health apps for a wide variety of issues continue to surface, as do questions from clients and patients about which app can be the most helpful. Many well-informed professionals know that app reviews in public forums can be highly skewed and therefore misleading, but with a lack of readily available professional training on the topic, how can they proceed?
To address the problem, the American Psychological Association (APA) is co-sponsoring a FREE webinar with the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS) to bring three leading app-focused researchers and trainers to your desktop in October. CTiBS has been focused on helping the spectrum of behavioral professions advance the responsible use of technology in clinical pra
