Does anyone have suggestions for documenting investigation notes after investigation interviews with witnesses or complainants.

April

October 15,2021 at 7:54PM UTC

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Does anyone have suggestions for documenting investigation notes after investigation interviews with witnesses or complainants. I have several pages of notes after interviews but want to recap interviews in a thoughtful fact driven manner vs dictation. Any suggestions?

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AnonymousOctober 15,2021 at 9:26PM UTC
https://public-library.safetyculture.io/products/investigation-report-template?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsafetyculture.com%2Fchecklists%2Finvestigation-report%2F&src=sc&amp_dev=a76aeee6-ec96-47c0-b67b-2c8d3ce369c9R&sid=1634332536359
The template for safety investigations is the format I use for all kinds of events. It is a good tool when you want to organize multiple interviews and witness reports. It's very customizable and keeps your data and details very easy to read and reference.
AnonymousOctober 18,2021 at 3:51PM UTC
I would review and pull out any objective facts that have been stated multiple times and go from there.
Anne MatsushitaOctober 20,2021 at 12:01AM UTC
I used to use Excel. For example, the columns can represent main themes and rows can represent each person you talked with. Then you can mark off who confirmed / witnessed each theme, along with one-line of when, how, etc. It gives you a quick visual of what, if anything, was corroborated. Good luck!