Interdisciplinary Education in End-of-Life Care: Creating New Opportunities for Social Work, Nursing, and Clinical Pastoral Education Students

This article describes an interdisciplinary, interuniversity program that prepares social work, nursing, and chaplaincy students for competent practice when working with individuals and families facing end-of-life circumstances. Built upon a teaching format that provides knowledge-to-skill-building...

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Published in:Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care 2010-01, Vol.6 (1-2), p.91-116
Main Authors: Forrest, Cynthia, Derrick, Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
clinical pastoral education
Curriculum
Education, Nursing
Education, Professional - organization & administration
end-of-life
Family
Focus Groups
Humans
interdisciplinary
interuniversity
Knowledge
knowledge-to-skill-building
Needs Assessment
North Carolina
Nurses
nursing
Pastoral Care - education
Patient Care Team
Program Evaluation
seminars
Social Integration
Social Programs
Social Work
Social Work - education
South Carolina
Students
Teaching
Terminal Care - methods
Volunteers
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Summary:This article describes an interdisciplinary, interuniversity program that prepares social work, nursing, and chaplaincy students for competent practice when working with individuals and families facing end-of-life circumstances. Built upon a teaching format that provides knowledge-to-skill-building opportunities, the program immerses students in a range of related content. To maximize integration, the program relies on interdisciplinary team teaching (building knowledge) followed by practice sessions (building skill), in which volunteer actors play the roles of care recipients. With year 3 completed, program administrators have important indicators of the program's effectiveness in offering content specific to end-of-life care using a combination of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary learning strategies. This process has provided valuable lessons related to the nature of interdisciplinary education in end-of-life care.
ISSN:1552-4256
1552-4264
DOI:10.1080/15524256.2010.489224