Making rotational field placements work

Barbara Muskat; Marion Bogo; Illana Perlman

doi:10.1921/jpts.v11i1.258

Authors

Barbara Muskat
Marion Bogo
Illana Perlman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v11i1.258

Keywords:

field instruction, graduate social work field education, health care placements

Abstract

This paper describes the development and successful pilot of rotational placements by the social work faculty of a large Canadian university. Modifications required for the pilot are discussed, particularly related to recruiting settings, enlisting field instructors and students, developing new field materials, training field instructors in the model and developing an evaluation tool used by field instructors and students. The strengths, limitations and lessons learned from the experience are discussed as well as the potential usefulness of rotational placements as an approach to addressing resource challenges in field education.

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