Social Work 706-707: Clinical Research

Semester 2

COURSE OBJECTIVES- SLWK707: During or upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Plan and implement appropriate qualitative, quantitative or mixed method data analysis.

Apply research principles to the measurement of outcomes of clinical social work practice and use findings to improve practice across a range of clients and practice situations.

Translate findings from empirical research into social work practice principles and evaluate practice principles and techniques for their empirical base.

Demonstrate a beginning ability to apply the principles of meta-analysis to evaluate results of empirically based research related to social work practice.

Organize and present empirical research findings to a variety of stakeholder audiences.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: SLWK707. Research for Clinical Social Work Practice II. 3 credits. Prerequisites: SLWK 609, 706 and concentration year MSW program standing. 2nd of two one-semester courses. Further development of critical thinking skills for translating research findings into practice principles and measuring outcomes of clinical practice introduced in SLWK 609 and 706. Data collection, data analysis, presentation of visual and statistical techniques for qualitative and quantitative research methods, and utilization of findings for improving clinical social work practice. Continue application of statistical inference and decision-making. Emphasizes integration of empirical research findings into a knowledge base for clinical social work practice, translating research findings into practice principles, and measuring outcomes of clinical practice.

MAJOR COURSE UNITS - SLWK707:

COURSE MEETING INFORMATION: SLWK 707 is scheduled to meet (tentatively) same time and place. Class meeting dates are: 23, 30 January; 6, 13, 20, 27 February; 6, 20, 27 March; 3, 10, 17, 24, April and 1 May 2006. Spring Vacation is 12 -19 March.






		Tarynn M. Witten, Ph.D., MSW, FGSA, FCSBC Associate Professor, Social Work Associate Professor, Biological Complexity Senior Fellow and Director of Research and Development, CSBC VCU Life Sciences Building Trani Center, Room 102 Phone: 804.827.7371 \| Website
	Home \| Syllabus \| Week-by-Week \| Downloads \| Links \| Course Blog \| E-List \| Audio \| Back to Semester 1 Semester 2 COURSE OBJECTIVES- SLWK707: During or upon completion of this course, the student should be able to: Plan and implement appropriate qualitative, quantitative or mixed method data analysis. Apply research principles to the measurement of outcomes of clinical social work practice and use findings to improve practice across a range of clients and practice situations. Translate findings from empirical research into social work practice principles and evaluate practice principles and techniques for their empirical base. Demonstrate a beginning ability to apply the principles of meta-analysis to evaluate results of empirically based research related to social work practice. Organize and present empirical research findings to a variety of stakeholder audiences. COURSE DESCRIPTION: SLWK707. Research for Clinical Social Work Practice II. 3 credits. Prerequisites: SLWK 609, 706 and concentration year MSW program standing. 2nd of two one-semester courses. Further development of critical thinking skills for translating research findings into practice principles and measuring outcomes of clinical practice introduced in SLWK 609 and 706. Data collection, data analysis, presentation of visual and statistical techniques for qualitative and quantitative research methods, and utilization of findings for improving clinical social work practice. Continue application of statistical inference and decision-making. Emphasizes integration of empirical research findings into a knowledge base for clinical social work practice, translating research findings into practice principles, and measuring outcomes of clinical practice. MAJOR COURSE UNITS - SLWK707: Unit I: Identifying and Measuring Clinical Social Work Outcomes across a Range of Clients and Practice Situations Unit II: Planning for Data Analysis Unit III: Implementing Qualitative, Quantitative, or Mixed Method Data Analyses Unit IV: Evaluating Research in Academic Journals Unit V: Meta-Analysis of Empirically Based Research for Clinical Social Work Practice Unit VI: Organizing and Presenting Empirical Data to Diverse Audiences COURSE MEETING INFORMATION: SLWK 707 is scheduled to meet (tentatively) same time and place. Class meeting dates are: 23, 30 January; 6, 13, 20, 27 February; 6, 20, 27 March; 3, 10, 17, 24, April and 1 May 2006. Spring Vacation is 12 -19 March.