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Teaching Note—Designing and Implementing Interprofessional Simulation: A Social Work, Nursing, and Pharmacy Collaboration Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Anne Dempsey, Nicholas Lanzieri, Janna Roitman, Mary Brennan
Simulation is well-documented as an effective pedagogy in teaching social work practice. However, the financial and human resources needed to provide simulation-based teaching in large social work ...
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From the Editor—Anticipating Social Work Education Issues in 2024 Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Danielle E. Parrish Editor-in-Chief
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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Preparing to Intervene in Intimate Partner Violence: An Interprofessional Safety Planning and Assessment Simulation Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Saltanat Childress, Ricka Mammah, Rachel Voth Schrag, Karla Arenas-Itotia, Tracy Orwig, Jenny Roye, Jackie Michael, Thomas Dombrowsky, Lynda Jarrell
Within the healthcare system, identification and intervention for intimate partner violence (IPV) are critical, yet often hindered by siloed operations among healthcare workers. Effective interprof...
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Interprofessional Education for Domestic Violence Safety Planning in Nursing and Social Work: A Scoping Review Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Saltanat Childress, Christine Highfill, Ricka Mammah, Rachel Voth Schrag, Karla Arenas-Itotia, Tracy Orwig, Thomas Dombrowsky, Jackie Michael, Jenny Roye
Nurses and social workers play pivotal roles in identifying and addressing domestic violence (DV) within healthcare settings, emphasizing the importance of their collaborative efforts. This scoping...
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Back to the Future: How Master of Social Work Students Adjusted to Returning to In-Person Instruction During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Liat Shklarski, Kathleen Ray
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted social work students accustomed to in-person learning, forcing a shift to remote education. During fall 2021 and spring 2022, they faced a return to physical classroo...
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Teaching Note—Innovating the Curriculum: Bringing History Back Into Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Mimi Abramovitz, Laura Curran, Justin S. Harty, Jessica Toft, Stephen Monroe Tomczak
History, the major storehouse of information, informs us about the important relationship between people and society and increases our understanding of basic societal values and institutional arran...
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How Early Social Work Faculty Experienced Support in Their Doctoral Programs Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Amy Krings, Andrea S. Mora, Saria Bechara, Celeste N Sánchez, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, Jaclynn Hawkins, Elizabeth Austic
To promote social justice, doctoral programs can implement policies that support underrepresented students’ success. Drawing on critical multicultural theory, we surveyed early-career social work f...
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Teaching Note—Using Cinemeducation in Teaching Practice Readiness in Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Kate Jonathan
Social work educators prepare students for practice mostly through field education as the signature pedagogy. However, the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted this standard process. It forced quick decis...
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Provoking Reflection in Action in Experienced Practitioners: An Educational Intervention Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Cheryl Regehr, Marion Bogo, Jane Paterson, Arija Birze, Karen Sewell, Barbara Fallon, Glenn Regehr
Stress experienced during high-risk decision-making may impair performance, but can also be a cue, provoking the move from intuitive and automatic application of expertise to reflective and deliber...
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Construct Validity and Reliability of the Theory Evaluation Scale: A Factor Analysis Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Rigaud Joseph
This study aimed to expand the psychometric properties of the Theory Evaluation Scale (TES), specifically its structure, construct validity, and internal consistency. A demographically diverse samp...
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Preparing Students to Address the Grand Challenges for Social Work: Researching, Teaching, and Practicing Interdisciplinary Collaboration Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Norma A. Alcantar, Courtney Cronley, Noelle Fields, Sondra J. Fogel, Stephen Mattingly, Anne Nordberg
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. sup1, 2023)
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Using Collaborative Field Education to Provide Better Outcomes for Students at Risk of Leaving Higher Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Stephanie A. Saulnier, Natasha Walker
Certain student populations including youth formerly in foster care, first-generation college students, those with mental illness and substance abuse issues, and racial and ethnic minority students...
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Year 1 Lessons Learned in Building and Sustaining Community-Academic Interdisciplinary Partnerships to Improve Maternal Health Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Kristin Trainor, Natalie Kruzliakova, Jayanthi Kandiah, Glenn Stone
To understand current maternal health outcomes and growing health disparities, this interdisciplinary project investigates the development of a community advisory board (CAB), guided by the princip...
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From the Editor—Teaching and Modeling Social Work Activism: A Nod to Dr. Bernice A. King Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Danielle E. Parrish
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 4, 2023)
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Online Education: A Scoping Review Examining Learning and Satisfaction Outcomes in Social Work, Medicine, and Nursing Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Nicholas Lanzieri, Stephen Maher, Michelle R. Munson
Social work has a proliferation of online courses. Both nursing and medicine have been using online technology for years with noted success within a variety of subjects. The current scoping review ...
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Incorporating Intersectionality of Gender and Race Into an Assignment: Students Interviewing Their Grandparents Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Othelia EunKyoung Lee, Jyotsana Parajuli
Via an asynchronous online discussion forum, 186 college students narrated a life history, as one of their grandparents, making “I” statements. The aim of this mixed method study was to further exa...
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Field Note—Talk It Out Counseling Clinic: A Field Education Innovation Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Lin Fang, Catherine Schmidt, Yu Lung, Lynn Nguyen, Gilda Hui, Sylvia Delgado
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced an unforeseen challenge to social work field education and drastically changed the landscape of social work direct practice. In March 2021, University of Toronto’s ...
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Teaching Note—Incorporating Universal Instructional Design in Social Work Education: A Practical Application Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Ami Goulden, Rose C. B. Singh, Tracy Smith-Carrier
Universal instructional design (UID) is a framework that promotes a shift from individual remedial interventions to holistic learning models that are student-centered, accessible, and inclusive. St...
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Teaching Note—Substance Use Education to Improve Harm Reduction Attitudes: Preparing Social Workers to Advance Public Health Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Rebekah S. Halmo, Jennifer M. Putney, Cali-Ryan R. Collin
Social workers can help advance public health through increased acceptability of harm reduction principles and practices. This study evaluated Master of Social Work students’ attitudes towards harm...
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Prohibiting Harmful Practices Against LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Students in Field Placement: Recommendations Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Heidi P. Breaux, Veronica L. Timbers, Bruce A. Thyer
Field practicum is known as the “signature pedagogy” for social work. Though the Council of Social Work Education’s accreditation standards guide the placement processes, research on the experience...
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Teaching Note—Working Toward an Inclusive, Antiracist, and Antioppressive Research Methods Pedagogy Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Adrienne Baldwin-White
Social work research has adopted the scientific method rooted in the hard sciences as the gold standard for understanding human behavior and creating interventions and policies for both individual ...
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Academic Engagement and Disaffection in Social Work Undergraduates From Spain: The Role of Teaching Styles and Student Motivation Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Xoán Lombardero Posada, Evelia Murcia Álvarez, Francisco X. Aguiar Fernández, Ana B. Méndez Fernández, Antonio González Fernández
This cross-sectional study aims to respond three research questions: (1) Do perceived teaching styles predict students’ motivation, academic engagement, and disaffection? (2) Does students’ motivat...
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Teaching Note—Adapting to Online Live Streamed OSCEs Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Karen M. Sewell, Katherine Occhiuto, Sarah Tarshis, Alicia Kalmanovich, Sarah Todd
This teaching note describes how a school of social work adapted Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) during the COVID-19 pandemic to an online live-streamed format, providing students...
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A Tale of Two Mentees: Conceptualizing Academic Mentorship through Critical Systems Thinking Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Autumn Asher BlackDeer, Braveheart Gillani, Flora Cohen, Mia T. Vogel
Academic mentorship is a vital step in preparing the next generation, yet little information exists on what successful mentorship looks like—particularly the process by which one ascertains a mento...
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Social Work Education Anti-Racism (SWEAR) Scale Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 April L. Murphy, Laneshia R. Conner, Austin Weiler, Becky Anthony, Jennifer R. Jewell, Victoria Venable
Social work education programs in the U.S. are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Amendments made to the 2022 competencies reflect antiracism language, which requires assessment op...
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Preparing Social Workers for Emerging Roles in Police Social Work Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Isabel Logan, Robert Madden, Matthew Solak
Schools of social work must prepare social workers to meet the demands of the rapidly emerging field of police social work. This article reports on the experiences of a social work program’s partne...
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From the Editor—In This Issue Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Danielle E. Parrish
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 3, 2023)
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Free From Sexual Harassment: Creating Safe Spaces in Academic Environments Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Flor Avellaneda, Gaby Mohr-Avitia, Cristina Mogro-Wilson, Leila Wood, Danielle Parrish
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 3, 2023)
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Simulated Learning’s Effects in Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Saijun Zhang, Desiree Stepteau-Watson
Social work education has increasingly integrated simulated learning, yet there is a scarcity of quantitative syntheses on its effects. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the effecti...
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Correction Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-08-15
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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Insights From a CSWE Summit for Critical Conversations on Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Edward R. Canda, Holly K. Oxhandler, Altaf Husain, Edward C. Polson, Terry A. Wolfer, Michael J. Sheridan, Jeanna Jacobsen, Kimberly Hardy
The role of religion and spirituality within social work education has varied throughout the profession’s history, with recent research calling for increased attention to this area of diversity. In...
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Teaching Note—Training MSW Students in Sector-Specific Macro Content: An Innovative Behavioral Health Leadership Initiative Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Sonyia Richardson, Abby Brady, Margaret Phipps, Breanna Ussery, Chandradai Chandler, Nathallie Chavez
ABSTRACT Social work education has responded to the heightened demand for graduates as competent behavioral health practitioners. However, the preparation of social work graduate students for transitioning into leadership roles in behavioral health settings is limited. To enhance graduate students’ macrolevel competencies, specifically in behavioral health, a social work graduate program and a Medicaid
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Immigration in Social Work Education: Student Knowledge and Perception of Risk of Detention and Deportation Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Laurie Cook Heffron, Mary Lehman Held, Melody Huslage
Exclusionary immigration policies associated with family separation, detention, and deportation are linked to elevated stress and trauma. Social workers are well-positioned to address the detriment...
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Field Education in the Shadow of COVID-19: A Scoping Review in Memory of Marion Bogo Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Karen M. Sewell, Margaret Janse van Rensburg, Faye Mishna, Imogen Taylor
ABSTRACT Professor Marion Bogo contributed substantial work in theorizing and conducting research to strengthen the landscape of social work field education. As a tribute, this article updates her 2022 scoping review synthesizing the literature on social work field instruction (i.e., published between 2017 and 2019). We synthesized the current empirical literature as it relates to COVID-19 and field
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Teaching Note—Bridging the Gap: Service Learning With Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Aesha John
Intellectual Disabilities (ID) remains an underrepresented topic in social work curriculum, which perhaps results in relatively few social workers opting to practice with people with ID. To address...
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The Role of Field Education in Preparing Social Work Students for Trauma-Informed Care: A Scoping Review Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Leila C. Dal Santo, Scott D. Easton, Susan Coleman, Kathleen Flinton
ABSTRACT With mounting evidence over the last 20 years regarding the prevalence and severity of trauma histories among social work clients, there has been a concerted effort across schools of social work to embed trauma-informed principles within course content and training. As students work to integrate classroom skills into field practicums, field education departments play a critical role in guiding
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Applying Complex Adaptive Systems to Build Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Aid in Understanding Complicated Social Phenomena Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 JoAnn S. Lee, Michael Wolf-Branigin
The Grand Challenges for Social Work were introduced by the American Academy for Social Work & Social Welfare in 2016, which are social problems that are interrelated and “exceedingly complex”. We ...
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Preparing Allied Health Students to Address Social Work’s Grand Challenge to End Homelessness Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Renie Rondon-Jackson, Kai Medina-Martinez, Jacqueline D. Smith, Julie Cooper Altman, Maria Gurrola
Meeting Social Work’s Grand Challenge to end homelessness requires skills in collaborating across professions and the ability to actively engage marginalized people who may have physical, mental, a...
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Research Note—Developing Key Performance Indicators for Social Work Field Education in Australia: A Consensus-Based Approach Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Gerard Jefferies, Cindy Davis, Jonathan Mason
ABSTRACT Field education is the most challenging aspect of social work education and there are unprecedented challenges currently measuring good practice with quality outcomes. Thus, it’s important to have competency-based key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess social work professional practice. This study is a national, mixed-methods Delphi research study with three rounds. Round 1 required participants
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Interprofessional Social Work Practice: A Call for a New Specialization Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Ann M. Callahan, Dawn M. Higgins
Social workers engage with many professionals to address complex social problems. This includes leveraging the power of social work to support quality interventions on interprofessional teams. Whil...
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Reflective Writing in Course Design for Active Learning in Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Jonas Christensen, Anna Wärnsby
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores student learning progression through reflective writing on a tertiary-level course in social work. The study is based on the content analysis of three sets of data: student reflective writing, instructor formative feedback on this writing, and student end-of-course reflections. Our findings demonstrate that structured, scaffolded reflection and continuous formative
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Current Landscape of Doctoral Education in Social Work: A Look at the PhD and DSW Programs Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Mo Yee Lee, Ray Eads, Elizabeth Lightfoot, Michael C. LaSala, Cynthia Franklin
ABSTRACT The 2020 GADE Director Survey aimed to understand program and student characteristics, support for students, curriculum focus and design, and students’ job search support and outcomes in PhD and DSW programs. In general, PhD programs focus on building students’ research capacities, including interdisciplinary research and leadership in higher education and research-oriented organizations,
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Grand Challenges: Tackling the Climate Crisis Using Multisolving Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Kelly Smith, Melissa Indera Singh, Cassandra Breeze Ceballos
Developing social workers’ capacity and engagement in collaborative community-based innovations to climate-driven and other environmental hazards better ensures progress on the Grand Challenges. Su...
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Experiential Learning Labs in Practicum Education: Tackling the Grand Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Melissa Indera Singh, Tory Cox, Ruth Cislowski, Lisa Wobbe-Veit
The global COVID-19 emergency disrupted educational systems and created internship crises for universities and students. In response, one west coast social work program’s practicum education depart...
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Toward a Critical Approach to Simulation-Based Social Work Education: Guidelines for Designing Simulated Client Case Scenarios Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Kenta Asakura
The use of simulation has become a staple in social work education in North America. Concerns have been raised, however, that this pedagogy, rooted in positivist views of professional competence, m...
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From Gaslighting to Enlightening: Reproductive Justice as an Interdisciplinary Solution to Close the Health Gap Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Catherine Poehling, Margaret Mary Downey, Melissa Indera Singh, Candice C. Beasley
This conceptual article aims to inform social work educators on facilitating critical discourse among social work students by applying reproductive justice, leveraging interdisciplinary practice, a...
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Teaching Interprofessional Collaboration Skills With Medical and Social Work Students Through Simulation Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Shauna P. Acquavita, Danielle E. Weber, Dana Sall, Brian Mills, Tazheh Kavoosi, Matthew Kelleher
An interprofessional pulmonary standardized patient simulation case was used for medical and social work students to work together using motivational interviewing. Following the case, 68 medical st...
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From the Editor—In This Issue Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Danielle E. Parrish
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 2, 2023)
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Strengthening Social Work Skills and Competency Through Exposure to Diversity Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Robin E. Gearing, Micki Washburn, Shahnaz Savani, Caitlyn Mytelka, L. Christian Carr, Andrew Robinson, Danny Clark, Susan P. Robbins
One hundred and fourteen (N=114) Master of Social Work students completed an online survey to explore whether demographic characteristics, prior international travel, and learning abroad program ex...
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Developing Virtual Gaming Simulations to Promote Interdisciplinary Learning in Addressing Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Angelique Jenney, Jennifer Koshan, Carla Ferreira, Narmin Nikdel, Christina Tortorelli, Torri Johnson, Aurora Allison, Breanne Krut, Ambereen Weerahandi, Krista Wollny, Nathan Pronyshyn, Georgina Marie Bagstad
Gender-based violence (GBV) is global issue, requiring specialized knowledge, attitudes, and skills. The most effective responses are interdisciplinary, involving social work, healthcare, and the j...
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Economic Literacy as a Tool for Advocacy Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Ellen Mutari, Deborah M. Figart
Learning about how economic well-being—or the lack of well-being—shapes peoples’ lives can enhance social work students’ and professionals’ efforts to “champion social progress powered by science,”...
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AI Creates the Message: Integrating AI Language Learning Models into Social Work Education and Practice Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Jonathan B. Singer, Johanna Creswell Báez, Juan A. Rios
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 2, 2023)
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Reimagining Social Work’s Digital Future: The Critical Role of Interdisciplinary Tech Partnerships Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Heather L. Storer, Carol F. Scott, Melissa Eggleston, Toby Shulruff, Maria Y. Rodriguez
The social work field is a relative latecomer to the digital revolution. To advance the Social Work Grand Challenge “Harnessing Technology for Social Good,” the social work field needs a transforma...
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Racial Equity in Social Work Education: Experiences of Current and Former Students Serving on a Social Work Program’s Race Equity Work Team Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Bree A. Alexander, Sabrina A. Carter, Veronica L. Timbers, Trinity Martinez
The 2022 Education Policy and Accreditation Standards emphasize antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in social work curriculum. Social work programs across the nation are now tasked ...
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Engaging Antiracism Through Interdisciplinary Teaching Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Alice B. Gates, Lauren M. Alfrey
This article examines the role of interdisciplinarity in strengthening social work’s commitments to antiracism at the macro level. We describe our experiences of designing and implementing an inter...
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“Tone It Down”: The Whitewashing of Black Women Doctoral Students’ Research and Scholarship at Predominately White Institutions—Implications for Social Work Doctoral Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Betty L. Wilson, Brittany Davis, Brandi Anderson, Parthenia Luke, Christian Gorchow, Agnes N. Nzomene Kahouo Foda
ABSTRACT While there is growing research on the structural and institutional barriers experienced by Black women faculty at predominantly White institutions (PWIs), little is known about the systemic marginalization faced by Black women doctoral students at these institutions, particularly those in doctoral social work programs. Given the increasing number of Black women doctoral students in social
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The Duties We Owe to One Another Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Melinda Manning
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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From the Editor—Emerging Issues and Possibilities in Social Work Education Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Danielle E. Parrish
Published in Journal of Social Work Education (Vol. 59, No. 1, 2023)
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Measuring Competence in Social Work: A Tribute to the Contributions of Marion Bogo Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Cheryl Regehr, Glenn Regehr, Aron Shlonsky
ABSTRACT Professor Marion Bogo’s stellar academic career was distinguished by her long-standing advocacy for high quality assessment of social work students. Her work was a driving force behind the development of meaningful, authentic and relevant field assessment that incorporates specific, definable, observable skills with higher-order thinking. This article briefly describes assessment of competencies
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Ethics and LGBTQIA+ Student Rights in Religious Institutions: Navigating Tensions in Implicit Curriculum Journal of Social Work Education (IF 1.784) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Veronica L. Timbers
ABSTRACT On March 29, 2021, the Religious Exemption Accountability Project filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of 33 sexual and gender minority students who reported discrimination at institutions that have a Title IX religious’ exemption. Of the 25 institutions named in the suit, 14 have accredited social work programs. This litigation highlights the importance