Davis Cindy, Kayser Karen, Cadet Tamara
School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.
Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Aust Soc Work. 2022;75(2):258-265. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2021.1904265. Epub 2021 Apr 19.
There are over one million people in Australia who are either living with or have lived with cancer, and approximately 145,000 new cancer cases are expected this year (AIHW, 2019). Oncology social workers are essential members of the health care team in meeting the needs of cancer patients and their families; however, the training and specialisation of social work professionals in the field of oncology is less developed in Australia compared to other western countries. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the strategies implemented in the USA to develop and train oncology social workers and to assess the utility of these strategies in the Australian context. This paper will address the current state of oncology social work in both the USA and Australia, educational models of training oncology social workers, and the research capacity of oncology social workers. The feasibility of adapting some of these key strategies for training oncology social workers in the Australian context will be discussed.
澳大利亚有超过100万人正在与癌症作斗争或曾经患过癌症，预计今年将有大约14.5万例新癌症病例（澳大利亚卫生与福利研究所，2019年）。肿瘤社会工作者是医疗团队中满足癌症患者及其家庭需求的重要成员；然而，与其他西方国家相比，澳大利亚肿瘤学领域社会工作专业人员的培训和专业化程度较低。因此，本文的目的是研究美国为培养和培训肿瘤社会工作者所实施的策略，并评估这些策略在澳大利亚背景下的实用性。本文将探讨美国和澳大利亚肿瘤社会工作的现状、肿瘤社会工作者的教育培训模式以及肿瘤社会工作者的研究能力。还将讨论在澳大利亚背景下采用其中一些关键策略来培训肿瘤社会工作者的可行性。
