The social worker as educator of family practice residents: principles for practice.
Social workers have been involved in medical education for several decades. The field of family practice offers new opportunities and challenges for social work educators to help family physicians address not only the biological needs of their patients, but their psychosocial needs as well. To be successful, the educator will need to be familiar with resident learning styles and preferences, with their attitudes toward the behavioral sciences, and with differential teaching strategies. Research about the impact of training programs on the family practice resident will make for more effective curriculum planning efforts by social workers.
D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D012947:Social Work; D013663:Teaching