SCWK 8873 The Integration of Behavioral Health and Medical Care Practice

Name: The Integration of Behavioral Health and Medical Care Practice
Rating: 4.38 (77 reviews)

Required of Clinical Social Work students in the Health Field-of-Practice; elective for others. An advanced course that utilizes the biopsychosocial model of assessment of individual and family response to illness. In addition, the course will address issues in behavioral and complementary and alternative medicine. The effect of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status on health, health care treatments, and health care availability to diverse populations will also be addressed. Finally, the importance of social work contributions to research in health care will be examined.

Course overview

Department: Social Work
School: SSW
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites: SCWK7762
Corequisites: SCWK9933 or permission

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.38 / 5

Based on 77 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Justine Romano
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.68/5

Sections

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