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| Title: | Edith Abbott Was Right: Designing Fieldwork Experiences for Contemporary
Health Care Practice |
| Authors: | Spitzer, William
Holden, Gary
Cuzzi, Lawrence
Rutter, Steve
Chernack, Peter
Rosenberg, Gary |
| Keywords: | field work
fieldwork
field education
field placement
rotation |
| Issue Date: | 29-Oct-2007 |
| Abstract: | Successful social work practice in the contemporary, economically
driven, health care environment demands unprecedented levels of
technical competence, initiative, creativity and conceptual
sophistication. Fieldwork plays a critical role in social work education
for such demanding practice by providing interns initial opportunities
to apply their newly acquired knowledge, skills and abilities. This
article discusses the contribution of fieldwork to the preparation of
social work practitioners and presents two programs that may serve as
alternative models of fieldwork. Observations of the impact of these
models, including a summary of two evaluations of one model are
presented. We contend that a fieldwork structure using rotations may
increase the value of fieldwork for students both academically and in
the employment process. Correct citation for final version of
manuscript is: Spitzer, W., Holden, G., Cuzzi, L. C., Rutter, S.,
Chernack, P., & Rosenberg, G. (2001). Edith Abbott was right:
Designing fieldwork experiences for contemporary health care practice.
Journal of Social Work Education, 37, 79-90. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/23805 |
| Appears in Collections: | Gary Holden's Collection
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