title: Clinical social work education in palliative and end-of-life care: relational approaches for advanced practitioners.
abstract: This paper describes the first post-Master's program in the US in end-of-life care for social workers. Developed at the Smith College School for Social Work, this program used innovative relational methods in student recruitment, curricular design, supervision, and leadership development, based upon input from the faculty, students, and field supervisors. Collaborations emerged with funders, agencies, and programs nationally. The program was based on a pedagogical stance that clinical work with dying people requires the capacity to be fully present- in individual, group, and family work; in interdisciplinary meetings; and in advocating for quality and equity of care-while attending to diverse and at-risk populations. Students deepened their clinical skills and took leadership in the field of end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA 01063, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berzoff
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deluca
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerbino
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: Zelda
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chatchkes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002568:Certification; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000458:organization & administration; D007857:Leadership; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D013727:Terminal Care