Preparation of social workers for a changing health care environment.
Rapid changes in health care have provided the impetus for social workers to reexamine their professional preparation for effective practice in health care settings today. Faculty teaching students and field instructors were asked to indicate on a questionnaire where specific subject matter is taught to social work students: in the classroom, in the field, or in both settings. Results of the study show a communication gap between school and field and a need for teaching models that enable educators to convey more of the profession's expanding knowledge base and to prepare students to deal with concurrent demands for expertise and expediency in practice. Programmatic changes to address these issues are suggested.
Marshack
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School of Social Work, Hunter College, New York, NY 10021.
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Mizrahi
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D000573:American Hospital Association / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States