Professional social work education in end-of-life care: contributions of the Project on Death in America's Social Work Leadership Development program
Humans; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Curriculum; bereavement; Social Work/education
Social work education in both BSW and MSW level courses is missing vital content about end-of-life care, palliative care, and bereavement. End-of-life care training opportunities through continuing education programs have also been limited. This deficit is significant because a vast number of social workers are already confronted with end-of-life issues on a daily basis in a variety of practice settings. Through the Project on Death in America, Social Work Leadership Development Awards initiative, many programs and models for professional social work education and training in end-of-life care have been developed and are presented in this article. These include: end-of-life care courses, symposia, training manuals, certificate programs and fellowships. Although the curricula continue to be refined, many of these programs are available to practitioners to advance their knowledge and skills and their curricular models are available to social work educators for possible replication.
2005
Walsh-Burke K; Csikai EL
Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1300/j457v01n02_03" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1300/j457v01n02_03</a>
Social work competencies in palliative and end-of-life care
Humans; Interdisciplinary Communication; Attitude; Clinical Competence; Information Dissemination; Social Work; Practice; Attitudes; Health Knowledge; Palliative Care/standards; Terminal Care/standards; Educational Measurement/standards; Patient Care Planning/standards
Social workers from clinical, academic, and research settings met in 2002 for a national Social Work Leadership Summit on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Participants placed the highest priority on the development and broad dissemination of a summary document of the state-of-the-art practice of social work in palliative and end-of-life care. Nine Summit participants reviewed the literature and constructed this detailed description of the knowledge, skills, and values that are requisite for the unique, essential, and appropriate role of social work. This comprehensive statement delineates individual, family, group, team, community, and organizational interventions that extend across settings, cultures, and populations and encompasses advocacy, education, training, clinical practice, community organization, administration, supervision, policy, and research. This document is intended to guide preparation and credentialing of professional social workers, to assist interdisciplinary colleagues in their collaboration with social workers, and to provide the background for the testing of quality indicators and "best practice" social work interventions.
2005
Gwyther LP; Altilio T; Blacker S; Christ G; Csikai EL; Hooyman N; Kramer B; Linton J; Raymer M; Howe J
Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1300/j457v01n01_06" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1300/j457v01n01_06</a>