SW 897 (01) - Special Topics in Social Work and Social Welfare

SpcTop/Medical Social Work

Durham   Health & Human Services :: Social Work
Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous
Credits: 3.0
Term: January 2024 - January Term - online (12/27/2023 - 01/19/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 30027
Seminar for graduate students. Topics may include: A) Drugs and Chemical Dependency; B) Intimate Partner Violence C) Social Action in Education Settings D) Social Action in the Dominican Republic. May be repeated for different topics.
Cross listed with : SW 797.01
Only listed majors in section: SOC WRK ADV LAW, SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WORK ADV, SOCIAL WORK KIN, SOCIAL WORK MCH, SOCIAL WORK OL, SOCIAL WRK AD O
Attributes: Online (no campus visits), EUNH
Instructors: BoRin Kim

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
12/27/2023 1/19/2024 Hours Arranged ONLINE
Additional Course Details: 

Medical social workers work in various healthcare settings including hospitals, community health centers, nursing care facilities, school nursing offices, and outpatient facilities. This new course provides students with a conceptual, ethical, and practice framework for social work in healthcare. Specifically, this course will address an overview of the US healthcare system, knowledge and theoretical foundations of social work in healthcare settings, health care social work practice skills and competencies, and social work practice in various healthcare settings! There will be opportunities to interview current medical social workers and including many of our UNH Social Work Alumni!