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Addiction Social Work Fellowship Program in Canada
Date Issued
27 July 2018
Date Available
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Abstract
Substance use disorders (SUD) disproportionally contribute to the global social and economic cost of disease; however, their treatment has been inadequate in large part due to an enduring research to practice gap in which competencies for treating and preventing SUDs are often lacking from social work education curricula. Training social workers in managing SUDs has been separated from nurse and physician training, partly due to the long-standing divide between the behavioral health and medical care system. Recently, a new interdisciplinary fellowship in addiction social work, nursing and medicine has been established in Vancouver, Canada. We describe the novel fellowship program and outline initial impact of the training on knowledge and skills in addiction social work from our qualitative evaluation of the fellowship. We conclude that training social workers, and other allied health professionals alongside physicians and nurses may extend the reach of this type of training program even further.
Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Volume
18
Issue
3
Start Page
332
End Page
337
Copyright (Published Version)
2018 Taylor & Francis Group
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1533-256X
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