What are the advantages and disadvantages of RTOCs ?
Utilising the technology of the internet, real-time online consultations offer a unique method of providing cognitive behaviour therapy to patients at a distance. This method has the advantage of being immediate questions are posed and answered as they might be in the course of an in-session consultation at our Sydney clinic. RTOCs are not, however, as cost efficient as email consultations since, in the latter case, only time spent responding to emails is billed. (You may take 30 minutes drafting questions in an email consultation and this is not billed. In an RTOC your writing time forms part of the clinical session and the total time of the session is billed). Also, unlike email consultations, RTOCs do not allow you to write at your own convenience, at any time of the day or night (ie. sessions must be booked). Back To Top How To Become An Online Patient Becoming an online patient of Professor Menzies is easy. If you have seen Professor Menzies before, simply send him an email at ros
