Supplementary Educational Model (SEM) in Social Work Education for Health Care Settings

ABSTRACT

A supplementary educational model (SEM) was developed and evaluated in order to expand educational opportunities for social work students, to enable a professional interaction for field instructors and to connect the academia teachers to the field. The study highlights the importance of SEM to update the current academic curricula to meet the ongoing changes and challenges in health care settings. One hundred thirty-seven B.A. students and 58 field instructors employed in health care settings participated in the project. Results indicated that 90% of the participants rated the knowledge contributions of the study days and study day satisfaction positively. The results suggest that SEM has potential as a tool to complement traditional field instruction programs.

KEYWORDS:

• Social work students
• field instructors
• social work education in health care
• study days

This study could not have been completed without the cooperation of the students and the field instructors. The authors would like to thank them all.