SK 432
Health Care & Social Work Prac
This seminar course will critically examine the role of social work within the Canadian healthcare system. Topics will include social work practice in hospital and community health care settings; interdisciplinary practice; bioethics and decision-making processes; health and mental health across the lifespan (e.g. psycho-geriatrics, end of life care); and the social determinants of health. A critical lens will be adopted to understanding how the medical model and biomedicine have shaped the categorization of health and disease, roles of health-related disciplines, and provision of health care resources.
Prerequisites: SK311, SK312, SK313, SK314, SK315, SK321, SK322, SK399 and
Year 4 status in the Bachelor of Social Work program.
This seminar course will critically examine the role of social work within the Canadian healthcare system. Topics will include social work practice in hospital and community health care settings; interdisciplinary practice; bioethics and decision-making processes; health and mental health across the lifespan (e.g. psycho-geriatrics, end of life care); and the social determinants of health. A critical lens will be adopted to understanding how the medical model and biomedicine have shaped the categorization of health and disease, roles of health-related disciplines, and provision of health care resources.
Prerequisites: SK311, SK312, SK313, SK314, SK315, SK321, SK322, SK399 and
Year 4 status in the Bachelor of Social Work program.
This seminar course will critically examine the role of social work within the Canadian healthcare system. Topics will include social work practice in hospital and community health care settings; interdisciplinary practice; bioethics and decision-making processes; health and mental health across the lifespan (e.g. psycho-geriatrics, end of life care); and the social determinants of health. A critical lens will be adopted to understanding how the medical model and biomedicine have shaped the categorization of health and disease, roles of health-related disciplines, and provision of health care resources.
Prerequisites: SK311, SK312, SK313, SK314, SK315, SK321, SK322, SK399 and
Year 4 status in the Bachelor of Social Work program.
