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Journal of the Indian Medical... May 1976
Topics: Education, Graduate; India; Social Work
PubMed: 965764
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Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) Jul 2019
Topics: Adult; Curriculum; Education, Graduate; Humans; Social Work; Social Workers; Suicide Prevention
PubMed: 31258030
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900165 -
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Dec 2018Care provided to seriously ill patients by frontline social workers is a component of generalist-level palliative care. The core competencies for high-quality...
CONTEXT
Care provided to seriously ill patients by frontline social workers is a component of generalist-level palliative care. The core competencies for high-quality generalist-level palliative social work are necessary to promote training curricula and best practices but have not yet been defined in the U.S.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to develop consensus-derived core competencies for generalist-level palliative social work.
METHODS
Fifty-five proposed social work competencies were categorized by the eight domains of palliative care identified by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care. The competencies were rated by 41 regionally dispersed, Master's level social workers selected through purposive and snowball sampling using a Delphi method. Each was rated as essential for generalist-level palliative social work, acceptable with modifications, or rejected based on the judgment that it was not essential for generalist-level palliative social work or was outside the scope of practice. Consensus was defined as >70% agreement to accept or reject a competency. Three review rounds were needed to achieve consensus on all competencies.
RESULTS
Two competencies were added to the original list. Of the 57 proposed competencies, 41 were accepted (19 after modification) and 16 were rejected. Competencies in the social, spiritual, cultural, and ethical/legal aspects of care domains were relatively more likely to be accepted compared with those in structure and processes of care, physical care, psychological care, and care of patient at the end of life.
CONCLUSION
The 41 consensus-derived competencies for generalist-level palliative social work may inform the development of training curricula and standards for high-quality care.
Topics: Clinical Competence; Delphi Technique; Humans; Palliative Care; Social Work
PubMed: 30201485
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.09.002 -
Journal of Evidence-based Social Work... 2019Despite the growing prevalence of online courses and programs, there is a lack of information on and continuing debates about their effectiveness on student learning... (Review)
Review
Despite the growing prevalence of online courses and programs, there is a lack of information on and continuing debates about their effectiveness on student learning outcomes in social work education.: The current study was to examine the status of the evaluation of online courses or programs in social work education.: Using comprehensive and rigorous methods, 15 articles were reviewed to examine the effectiveness of social work online courses or programs. All reviewed articles were either quantitative or qualitative studies that used process or outcome evaluation.: The major criterion for comparison of the effectiveness between the face-to-face and online course was grades.: There is an overall disconnect with the concrete value and meaning of assessment within social work programs and universities and schools appear to have placed assessment and student learning outcomes secondary to the financial gains that online courses and programs bring.
Topics: Education, Distance; Humans; Social Work
PubMed: 32459160
DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2019.1676859 -
Health & Social Work May 2019
Topics: Continuity of Patient Care; Humans; Mass Screening; Patient Discharge; Social Work; Social Work Department, Hospital
PubMed: 30900724
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlz011 -
Social Work Oct 2020
Topics: Black or African American; Female; Gender Equity; Humans; Leadership; Social Justice; Social Work; United States; Women, Working
PubMed: 32974654
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaa041 -
Journal of Evidence-based Social Work... 2024Oral history as a method of understanding the lived experience spans multiple disciplines including education, women and gender studies, history, and disability studies.... (Review)
Review
PURPOSE
Oral history as a method of understanding the lived experience spans multiple disciplines including education, women and gender studies, history, and disability studies. Oral histories can be a vehicle for people on the periphery to tell their stories, a method well suited to pursuits related to social justice and social work. The purpose of this manuscript is to report on a scoping review that was conducted to better understand how oral history methods have been used in social work.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
To answer our review question, we use an established scoping review framework. Based on eligibility criteria, 23 manuscripts were identified - all published in peer-reviewed English language journals between 2005 and 2023 and written by social work-credentialed authors.
RESULTS
The authors identified three themes that reflect the uses of oral history studies in social work: oral history used as a teaching tool in social work education, oral history used to document the experiences and knowledge of social service trailblazers, and commentaries about using oral history and other biographical methods in social work.
DISCUSSION
This review highlights how oral history, as a method, has contributed to social work research and scholarship.
CONCLUSION
Recommendations are made as to the usefulness of oral history to address social problems and practice issues important to the field of social work.
Topics: Documentation; Publications; Social Work; Social Workers; Sociology; Humans
PubMed: 37942648
DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2023.2277809 -
Journal of Interprofessional Care Aug 2002Social work is concerned with enhancing the well-being of people within their social contexts. It is a broad profession with diverse practices. These range from a focus... (Review)
Review
Social work is concerned with enhancing the well-being of people within their social contexts. It is a broad profession with diverse practices. These range from a focus on the personal distress of individuals to the collective arrangements and social processes that influence the well-being of groups and communities. The unique contribution of social work to the caring professions is its broad contextualised approach to addressing human needs. Yet this breadth of scope also provides fertile ground for competing discourses within the profession. This paper provides an overview of the 'highly contested' nature of social work's goals, theories and methods of practice.
Topics: Attitude of Health Personnel; Ethics, Professional; Global Health; Humans; Professional Practice; Professional-Patient Relations; Research Design; Social Environment; Social Welfare; Social Work
PubMed: 12201991
DOI: 10.1080/13561820220146702 -
BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) Feb 2017
Review
Topics: Budgets; Child; Consumer Advocacy; Health Policy; Humans; Pediatrics; Social Work
PubMed: 28246101
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j999 -
Journal of Social Work in End-of-life &... 2005This paper reviews the professional literature with respect to the social work profession's involvement in end-of-life care. The search process was conducted by entering... (Review)
Review
This paper reviews the professional literature with respect to the social work profession's involvement in end-of-life care. The search process was conducted by entering key words in various combinations to electronic databases. Eligible articles were required to address one of the following: roles and activities of social workers in providing end-of-life care; core principles valued by social workers in the provision of end-of-life care; and barriers to provision of effective end-of-life care. The literature from 1990 through July 2004 was searched most rigorously. Based on this review, suggestions for where the profession of social work should focus its energies are offered. These key areas include focusing on generating empirically-based knowledge for practice and policy analysis and developing a system of social work education that addresses the unique knowledge and skills needed to participate in end-of-life practice as competent and informed professional practitioners. Current initiatives with regard to critical areas are summarized.
Topics: Altruism; Clinical Competence; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Interdisciplinary Communication; Social Work; Terminal Care
PubMed: 17387063
DOI: 10.1300/J457v01n02_05