Social work education for the field of health: a report of findings from a survey of curricula.

This paper presents the findings of a survey of programs in schools of social work made with specific reference to content germane to the field of health. The 62 schools responding to this inquiry constituted a representative sample of the 85 members of the Council on Social Work Education in 1972-73 in almost all regions of the United States and Canada. The inquiry included questions regarding; (a) specialization; (b) courses in health care systems; (c) courses in social work practice; (d) field practice; (e) interdisciplinary collaboration; (f) educational innovations; and (g) faculty coordinating the health component in the curriculum. Findings suggest a remarkably modest thrust in the direction of health and specialization at a time when health care is undergoing uncommonly rapid change.