Ed Silverman

TL;DR: The educational challenge is to cultivate the ability to negotiate “ideology” or ideal practice with the practical realities of health care provider environments without compromising professional ethics.

TL;DR: This commentary proposes the need to bridge the gap between the more seasoned macro social worker and thenovice, and outlines thevelopment of a new generalist social work competency: organizational awareness.

TL;DR: This article addresses the challenge of first-year field students and new practitioners entering the "fog of practice" seeking a strong mentor who will teach them to survive and thrive in the practice world by introducing the overarching competency of organizational empathy.

TL;DR: Many years ago, the medical social work department I was leading decided to get buttons for social work month, and one that declared, "Social Workers: Some are Heterosexual, Male Republicans!"