Public health social work: a training model.
Despite the disparate historical evolution, public image, and traditional approached to problem solving characteristic of the social work profession and the field of public health, the potential for professional collaboration has never been greater. Indeed, the comprehensive management of social-health problems demands an interdisciplinary educational program designed to train upcoming professionals. The 4-year old, joint MSW-MPH program at the University of Minnesota provides a setting in which the public health social work student develops the philosophies, values, and skills of both social work and public health, and applies them to appropriate social-health settings. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Minnesota model and examine its implications for faculty and community professionals interested in developing similar training programs.
D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008910:Minnesota; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*