Medical Social Work II

Catalog description

This elective course is the second of the Medical Healthcare Cluster that students take to advance their skills, knowledge and understanding of medical social work. The course is designed to introduce students to healthcare services through the paradigm of social work by providing students with knowledge and skills for supporting vulnerable populations, including individual clients, patients and families. Using a person-in-environment framework, students will acquire knowledge of acute, chronic and terminal illness; disabilities and other health related issues germane to healthcare settings. In addition, students will extend their knowledge of support and resources for families around organ transplants; psychosocial aspects of illness and health for individuals and families; support skills for individuals and families around grief and loss and end-of-life decision making. Students will enhance their knowledge of ethical group and individual interventions for these vulnerable populations.