Mills-Dick Kelly, Geron Scott Miyake, Erwin Holly
Institute for Geriatric Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2007;50(1-2):39-57. doi: 10.1300/J083v50n01_04.
The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), located at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), formed a collaborative partnership with Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley (ESMV), a large urban Area Agency on Aging (AAA) near Boston to design, implement, and evaluate an innovative model program of agency-based training for practicing social workers. The collaboration facilitated and strengthened the development of a program that benefited the university-based program and the community-based agency. The training program comprises a "blended" model of core and elective online courses combined with face-to-face training. Evaluation of the model program is integral to its design, and includes a randomized control trial to test the effectiveness of the training program in increasing practice competencies.
老年社会工作研究所（IGSW）位于波士顿大学社会工作学院（BUSSW），与梅里马克谷老年人服务机构（ESMV）建立了合作关系。ESMV是波士顿附近一个大型城市地区老年人服务机构（AAA），旨在设计、实施和评估一个针对执业社会工作者的基于机构培训的创新示范项目。这种合作促进并加强了一个使大学项目和社区机构都受益的项目的发展。培训项目包括核心和选修在线课程与面对面培训相结合的“混合”模式。示范项目的评估是其设计的组成部分，包括一项随机对照试验，以测试培训项目在提高实践能力方面的有效性。
