title: A case study of professional change: the impact of the National Gerontological Social Work Competencies Survey.
abstract: Our society is aging, and this demographic change necessitates that all social workers have basic competency in gerontology. This article describes the results of a competency survey conducted in 2000, and how these results helped transform basic social work curricula and enhance gerontology-related resources. Results were used to encourage and assist social work faculty to infuse gerontological content into social work curriculum, which helped practitioners to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of a growing aging population. This social work education framework can be replicated in an effort to infuse gerontology content throughout other disciplines.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. CurlA@missouri.edu
authors: Angela L
authors: AL
authors: Curl
authors: Catherine J
authors: CJ
authors: Tompkins
authors: Anita L
authors: AL
authors: Rosen
authors: Joan Levy
authors: JL
authors: Zlotnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002568:Certification; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D057766:Policy; D011361:Professional Competence; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*