Table 2.

Self-rated telepsychology competencies, overall and by domain.

Domain	# of items	Ratingsa		Competencies included
		M	SD
Service	6	2.3	0.61	Client appropriateness, informed consent, professional boundaries and communication, handle outages/downtime, be competent to provide the service, termination
Technical Skills	5	1.8	0.75	Fluency in technology, client communication, equipment use, privacy and confidentiality, technology disruption/outage
Administrative Skills	8	1.2	0.59	Verification of identity and location, privacy and confidentiality, record keeping, billing, collaborative partnership agreements, service evaluation and quality improvement, organization information, insurance/coverage
Multicultural Competence	2	2.4	0.49	Foundational multicultural competencies, special multicultural considerations for telehealth
Research and Evaluation	3	2.2	1.12	Have research/evaluation protocols, informed consent, information security of data
Risk Assessment	2	2.1	0.74	Knowledge of local resources, emergency planning
Ethics and Law	5	2.0	0.73	Refer to and enact relevant ethical codes, practice according to guidelines, assess remote environment, effectiveness of treatment, refer to and enact relevant laws
Assessment	2	1.6	0.96	Selection of assessment tools, protection of data and materials
Overall	33b	2.0	0.57	all of the aboveb

^a0 = None, 1 = Low, 2 = Moderate, 3 = High, 4 = Expert.

^bDoes not include the single rating item for tele-supervision that was inadvertently left out of the survey.