From Clinic to Classroom: Creating Evidence-Based Practice Champions in a Graduate Social Work Program

ABSTRACT

Meaningful integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) in graduate school curricula may be best achieved by partnerships between service agencies and academia. This article provides a concrete example for teaching EBP in a master’s-level social work course through collaboration with an agency with a strong track record of EBP implementation. The article presents a template for structuring a course on EBP and illustrates how social work students can help bridge the gap between science and service in the community. It includes examples of activities, role-plays, and assignments that have been effective in supporting students’ knowledge of EBP, understanding of bringing EBP to a practical reality, and their potential role as a champion for EBP in the clinical workplace.

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Cynthia M. Rollo

Cynthia M. Rollo is a clinician at the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Daniel A. Kleiner is an administrator and clinician at the Psychiatric Mental Health Program at Kennedy Krieger Institute.