Mitchell Jamie Ann
School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
J Teach Soc Work. 2012;32(5):471-486. doi: 10.1080/08841233.2012.725458. Epub 2012 Oct 23.
The purpose of this article is to propose an elective social work course as a means of better preparing social workers entering practice in healthcare to meet the challenges of promoting health and reducing health disparities in minority and underserved communities. Course offerings specifically targeting health or medical social work training vary widely. The additional training provided at places of employment and through continuing education after the master's degree is often inadequate for competently addressing the issues clinicians face in practice.
本文的目的是提议开设一门选修的社会工作课程,以此作为一种方式,让即将进入医疗保健领域实习的社会工作者能更好地做好准备,迎接在少数族裔和服务欠缺社区促进健康及减少健康差距方面的挑战。专门针对健康或医疗社会工作培训的课程设置差异很大。在就业场所以及硕士学位之后通过继续教育所提供的额外培训,往往不足以让临床医生胜任地应对实际工作中所面临的问题。