title: The social worker new to health care: basic learning tasks.
abstract: The authors review twelve evaluations of MSW social workers new to an acute care hospital and discuss the evaluative findings in a context of problems, teaching content and learning gains. Specific practice problems are matched with specific teaching content and learning carry-over. The positives of structure and mutuality in the evaluation process are emphasized as aids for the worker in achieving practice effectiveness and in strengthening the worker's capacity for professional self-direction.
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training; D009519:New York City; D010380:Peer Review; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*