A rural community-based interdisciplinary curriculum: A social work perspective

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-107

  Lennon Dearing, Robin ^a,d   Florence, Joe ^b   Garrett, Linda ^c   Click, Ivy A ^b   Abercrombie, Suzanne ^d  

^a Department of Social Work ^*  (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c Interdisciplinary Program of Medical Informatics   (United States)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based learning experiences; Curriculum; Interdisciplinary teams; Rural; Social work education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 58149174122     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841240801970177     Document Type: Article

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