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Palliative and end-of-life care in the masters of social work curriculum.
Cathy S. Berkman,Gary L. Stein +1 more
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There is a shortage of social workers who have palliative care expertise and consensus on a core curriculum for all MSW students is beneficial, and innovative ways in which to introduce basic and more specialized content on palliatives care into the already-crowded MSW curricula will be needed.Abstract:
Objective:There is a shortage of social workers who have palliative care expertise. The aging U.S. population and advances in extending life for seriously ill persons require social workers in a wide range of health care and other settings with specialized palliative care expertise, as well as those with basic competence in palliative care. The objective of the present study was to document course content on palliative care in MSW programs in the United States and Canada. METHOD A cross-sectional design with an online questionnaire was used. All 248 accredited MSW programs in the United States and 32 programs in Canada were invited to participate. The measures included the characteristics of the courses on palliative care. RESULTS Of the 105 participating programs, only 10 had courses dedicated to palliative care, 9 of which were part of a specialization/certificate program. Few programs had plans to develop a dedicated course. There were 106 courses in 63 MSW programs with some content on palliative care. The majority of these had <25%, and few had at least 50%, of palliative care content. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS Curricula are needed for preparing MSW graduates for specialty hospice and palliative care practice and non-specialty practice. While there are practice competencies for specialty practitioners, consensus on a core curriculum for all MSW students would be beneficial. Consensus on basic palliative care knowledge and skills for non-specialty social workers in health care and other settings and subsequent curriculum development are also needed. Innovative ways in which to introduce basic and more specialized content on palliative care into the already-crowded MSW curricula will be needed.read more
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Defining Core Competencies for Generalist-Level Palliative Social Work
Myra Glajchen,Cathy S. Berkman,Shirley Otis-Green,Gary L. Stein,Tom Sedgwick,Mercedes Bern-Klug,Grace H. Christ,Ellen L. Csikai,Deirdre Downes,Susan Gerbino,Barbara Head,Debra Parker-Oliver,Deborah P. Waldrop,Russell K. Portenoy +13 more
TL;DR: The 41 consensus-derived core competencies for generalist-level palliative social work may inform the development of training curricula and standards for high-quality care.
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Social Work Practitioners’ Educational Needs in Developing Spiritual Competency in End-of-Life Care and Grief
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What are social work students being taught about palliative care
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Educating Our Future Colleagues: Creating an MSW Palliative Care Practicum.
TL;DR: The curriculum, practice immersion, training manual, teaching modules, and structure of student supervision which are applicable to and adaptable for other palliative care social work field instructors are described.
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