How can a psychologist accrue contact hours through instruction?

A psychologist can accrue contact hours through instruction by offering approved psychology courses because such activities directly involve teaching and sharing knowledge with students or professionals in the field. This form of involvement is recognized as a way to contribute to one’s professional development and continuing education requirements, as instruction facilitates not only the dissemination of information but also engages the psychologist in current trends and empirical findings in psychology.

While attending workshops, mentoring students, and publishing research papers can all be valuable professional activities that may contribute to a psychologist’s development, they do not specifically align with the criteria for accruing contact hours through formal instruction. Workshops may contribute to learning but do not involve the element of providing instruction. Mentoring, while beneficial for both mentor and mentee, is not classified under formal instructional methods for accruing such hours. Publishing research contributes to the field but does not involve direct interaction in an instructional capacity necessary for accruing contact hours in this context.