MSW HEALTH IN SOCIAL WORK

Describe how culture, class, geography, lifestyle, and gender influence disease and access to health care settings.

Utilize the bio-psycho-social impact of illness and disability to assess individual clients across the life span.

Recognize how diverse health/illness conditions, populations, and conditions for diverse populations impact social work practice

Participate in interdisciplinary teams and function within an advanced managed-care context.

Take on and successfully handle leadership and administrative roles in the dynamic health care industry.

Analyze the U.S. Health Policy within the political, economic, and social trends that influence health care delivery in the United States and in comparative and global contexts.

Research health-related issues within a social work context.

Use research skills for accountability purposes in a managed-care context and practice settings.

Employ prevention efforts within a continuum of care in the healthcare field. Use the NASW Code of Ethics for practice in health settings. Resolve ethical dilemmas arising in health care settings.