Qualitative analysis of a BSW field placement with a hospital-owned physician practice in a skilled nursing facility.
Health services and medical social work are being reshaped in the wake of managed care and the movement toward community-based delivery systems. In this article, a bachelor's of social work student is assigned to a field placement to work with a hospital-owned physician practice in a skilled nursing facility. Structured interviews are conducted with the field placement student, the physician, a resident (client), the field placement instructor, two social work designees, and the facility administrator to ascertain the student's practice activities. Findings indicate a wide range of duties at both micro- and macro practice levels. Value issues and potential considerations for practitioners entertaining professional associations with physicians are examined.
Long
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Department of Social Work, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207-7372, USA. ddlproj@xu.edu
Heydt
M J
MJ
D004651:Employment; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D011364:Professional Practice; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*