SCWK 8873 The Integration of Behavioral Health and Medical Care Practice
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
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.38 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.68 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Justine Romano | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 14 |
| Fall 2024 | Justine Romano | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 19 |
| Fall 2023 | Justine Romano | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 of 25 |
| Fall 2022 | Justine Romano | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 19 of 24 |
| Fall 2021 | Justine Romano | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 17 |