AI for Psychiatrists

Prompts for Psychiatrists: Notes, Handouts, and Paperwork

1. The lessons

   1. Draft Clinical Notes and Evaluations: Use AI to turn rough notes into clear, well-structured clinical documentation.
   2. Explain Diagnoses and Medications: Use AI to create plain-language explanations and handouts that patients can understand.
   3. Prepare Therapy and Psychoeducation Materials: Use AI to generate therapy worksheets, psychoeducation handouts, and guided scripts for sessions.
   4. Review and Summarize Patient History: Use AI to distill long charts and past notes into useful summaries for quick review.
   5. Support Medication Management: Use AI to help draft schedules, checklists, and interaction reminders for safer prescribing.
   6. Monitor Treatment and Adjust Plans: Use AI to summarize progress data and update treatment plans efficiently.
   7. Coordinate Care with Therapists: Use AI to draft clear communication with therapists and other providers in the care team.
   8. Handle Insurance and Practice Paperwork: Use AI to draft insurance letters, prior authorizations, and other practice paperwork.
   9. Advanced Complex Case Formulation: Use AI to organize complex clinical information for formulation and peer discussion.
2. What the course covers

   The course has nine lessons. They move from drafting clinical notes and explaining medications to preparing therapy materials, summarizing patient history, supporting medication management, monitoring treatment, coordinating care, handling insurance paperwork, and organizing complex case formulations.

   Each lesson gives you a prompt you can copy, adjust, and use right away. You will also see examples of what good output looks like and what to watch for.

3. How the lessons connect

   The lessons build on each other. You start with notes and explanations, which are the most common writing tasks in a psychiatrist's day. Then you move to therapy materials and history summaries, which support your sessions and reviews.

   Later lessons cover medication management, progress monitoring, care coordination, and paperwork. The final lesson on complex case formulation brings everything together for peer discussion.

4. How to use the prompts well

   A good prompt gives the AI a clear role, the context it needs, and the format you want. For example, you can ask for a progress note in SOAP format, or a patient handout at a sixth-grade reading level.

   Always review the output. Check for errors, add your own clinical judgment, and make sure the tone fits your practice. The prompts are starting points, not final drafts.

5. Who this course is for

   This course is for psychiatrists in any setting: outpatient clinics, hospitals, private practice, or community mental health. It is also useful for residents and fellows who want to build good habits early.

   You do not need any prior experience with AI. If you can use a web browser, you can follow along.

6. Safety and privacy for this job

   Patient privacy is not optional. The course teaches you to remove names, dates, locations, and other identifying details before you paste anything into an AI tool. You will learn what to leave out and how to follow your workplace policies.

   You will also learn to treat AI output as a draft that needs your review. Never sign or send anything without checking it against your own knowledge and the patient's chart.

7. Your next step

   Start with the first lesson on clinical notes. Pick a recent session, remove identifying details, and try the prompt. See how it feels to have a draft ready in seconds.

   Then move through the lessons at your own pace. By the end, you will have a set of prompts you can use every day and a clear sense of how AI fits into your practice.