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Experiential learning brings together lived experiences, knowledge gained from textbooks, lectures, instruction, and other sources as an evolving understanding of learning in the moment or in the context of the real world, and two examples would be practicums or internships. In vocational rehabilitation counselor education programs, graduate students, by Kolb's 2015 definition, engage in experiential learning during practicums and internships. Part of experiential learning for graduate students is the recording and storing of electronic protected health information (e-PHI) in many formats, including electronic media such as universal serial bus (USB) drives, personal computers, or cell phones. However, as we think about graduate students using electronic storage media, encryption, and authentication procedures, we might also think about risk management relative to graduate students, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, and the resulting privacy and security rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights in 2017. The convergence of thoughts about experiential learning, e-PHI and HIPAA in the context of compliance, and training of graduate students to protect client information and levels of confidentiality were the focuses of this article. We will discuss the findings of our literature review and guidelines set by counselor educator programs, along with suggestions for best practices. Keywords: HIPAA, electronic protected health information, practicum, internship, media storage [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
