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How Well-Prepared are Graduating MSW Students in Clinical Competencies?
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This article explored field supervisors' and students' perceptions of how well-prepared graduates are in general and specific clinical competencies, and found that a significant consensus around perceptions of competencies for which graduates are prepared as well as those with which they struggle.Abstract:
In 2008 the Council on Social Work Education made the decision to adopt a competency based assessment as a requirement for re-accreditation. The 2015 EPAS recommends extending the broad competencies for specialty practice, and also further defining the broad competencies into more specific skills. This study explored field supervisors’ and students’ perceptions of how well-prepared graduates are in general and specific clinical competencies. The study was a mixed method design that included a quantitative survey and follow-up focus groups. Results suggested a significant consensus around perceptions of competencies for which graduates are prepared as well as those with which they struggle. This article presents both qualitative and quantitative findings of the study and their implications for increased coordination between faculty of graduate social work programs and field representatives.read more
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Reconsidering Graduate Training and Clinical Practice: The Importance of Psychodynamic Thinking
TL;DR: The treatment can be powerfully informed by the exploration of psychodynamic concepts as discussed by the authors, yet many graduate social work programs struggle to adequately examine these ideas, leading to a lack of knowledge about psychodynamic practice.
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Reconsidering critical thinking: findings from a qualitative Delphi study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight findings from an international qualitative Delphi study on critical thinking and its application in the context of the construction of the Delphi construct, which encapsulates contested ground due to variable definitions and means of assessment for this construct.
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Teaching Note—Drawn Together: Collaboration Between Social Work and Education to Address Family Trauma
TL;DR: In the past few decades, scholars and practitioners have given increasing attention to the experiences of families affected by trauma related to substance use, homelessness, and incarceration as discussed by the authors, and they have focused their attention on families of individuals who have been incarcerated.
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“Oh, you learn it all in the field”: Stakeholder perspectives on knowledge and skills development of MSW students
TL;DR: In this paper , a qualitative content analysis of feedback shared across stakeholders highlighted three overarching themes associated with knowledge and skills training: 1) required knowledge, 2) required skills, and 3) site of learning.
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