SWK 600s


SWK 600R Diversity and Health (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014192
This course studies the impact of diversity on health in Canada and across nations. It provides an understanding of the complex interaction among aspects of diversity. The course examines and critiques the methods used in the study of these concepts and issues related to the measurement of health among diverse groups. The ultimate goal of this examination is to help students develop an appreciation of the impact diversity has on assessments and study of health, health status, and health promotion in Canada and other nations. The course is designed to integrate different sources of information about diversity by utilizing critical thinking skills for the consumption of health information. (Note: This is an intensive on campus course with an on-line component).
Department Consent Required
Only offered Online

SWK 601R Health Policy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014191
This course offers critical analysis of health policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation related to population health initiatives and health care delivery. The course includes discussion of the role of various regional, provincial, and national agencies in health care policy formation. It examines various health care systems, and their funding as well as investigates how the Canadian healthcare system compares with systems in other countries. (Note: This is an intensive on campus course with an on-line component).
Department Consent Required

SWK 602R Social Work Practice in Health (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014193
This course examines practice models and multi-level methods of intervention for effective social work practice in health care, including health promotion, disease prevention, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, continuing care, and discharge planning within the context of social, economic, environmental, and cultural variations. The distribution, determinants, as well as psychological and behavioural aspects of health and disease across the life span are addressed. Practice models incorporate competence and empowerment as central themes. New models of care are considered, including primary health care, the impact of socio-cultural factors on health and well being, the significance of family relationships and resources in the management of chronic and complex health conditions, and interventions that support individual and family capacity to adapt to acute health crises or chronic health conditions. (Note: This is an on-line course).
Department Consent Required
Only offered Online

SWK 603R Critical Exploration of Supervision and Leadership Roles for Social Worker (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014194
This course examines effective leadership in a tumultuous health care environment characterized by changing patient populations, health care technologies, professional practices, community needs/expectations, and rapid shifts in service delivery modalities. In this environment, health care professions are increasingly challenged to develop and oversee staff capable of delivering contemporary benchmark professional practice. Competent supervision requires practice knowledge, keen perspective, and the ability to support, guide, educate and direct practitioners of varying skill and experience. This course provides inquiry-based opportunities for students to critically examine their leadership styles, developing foundational knowledge and skills for effective involvement in organizational change, staff management, coaching and supervision, coordination of inter-professional teams and development of policies to address the social determinants of health. (Note: This is an on-line course).
Department Consent Required

SWK 604R Evaluation of Health and Human Service Programs (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014195
This course introduces students to theoretical and practical aspects of program evaluation. Students learn about the application of data collection skills to all phases of developing a health or human services program or service innovation, from needs assessment to analysis of findings to implementation of changes based on results. Students learn to appreciate how these skills can be used as practical tools for identifying health and human services problems, for developing and implementing programs including taking a reflective practice approach, ensuring equity and fairness in program delivery (i.e., combating disparities), and generally promoting health and human services through effective and efficient programming. (Note: This is an on-line course).
Department Consent Required

SWK 605R Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Based Practice (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014196
The goal of knowledge mobilization is to make research in health and social science more useful to policy, practice, and the public. In this couse students can learn how to gather, evaluate, synthesize and summarize scholarly knowledge in ways that meet the needs, timeframes, cultures, and realities of stakeholders. Activities include framing academic research in the context of public issues and creating knowledge products for practitioners and policy-makers in the students' areas of interest. (Note: This is an on-line courses).
Department Consent Required

SWK 606R Practicum 1 (0.50) PRACourse ID: 014238
Students are assigned a community-based field practicum in an agency or organization. It is expected that the student will: demonstrate a growing capacity for professional development and assessment of his or her own practice; develop and demonstrate a meaningful relationship with the field setting, including both an understanding of policies and procedures and an ability to use these policies and procedures as well as the physical and human resources to benefit clients; demonstrate an ability to use field instruction appropriately; demonstrate an ability to identify and describe the client population; organize and interpret information/data for assessment and to prepare for treatment or action, including the ability to organize the data gathered and communicate it to the client population/group; demonstrate through discussion and action that he or she understands and has a commitment to the social work profession and its basic values of human dignity and personal worth. An online Integration Seminar runs concurrently with the practicum. (Note: SWK 606R is a prerequisite for SWK 607R).

SWK 607R Practicum 2 (0.50) PRACourse ID: 014239
It is expected that the student will: develop a meaningful relationship with the field setting and will be willing to be open and constructively critical of social service conditions affecting clients; demonstrate an ability to use field instruction appropriately; demonstrate an ability to establish appropriate professional relationships with the client and relevant others and recognizing and dealing appropriately with the client's and the student's own feelings; demonstrate an ability to prepare and execute a plan for treatment and/or action including working with a client to develop short and long-term goals as well as strategies, where appropriate, and follow-up; and in non-clinical settings demonstrate an ability to interpret program needs as well as relevant policies and to take on a project and follow steps to bring it to interested and invested parties. An online Integration Seminar runs concurrently with the practicum. (Note: Prerequisite 606R)
Prereq: SWK 606R

SWK 608R Health Issues and Ethics (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014210
This course considers the nature of health itself, and explores the complexities of a health care system that corresponds with our values and ethics while being effective and financially stable. Three related themes serve as substrates for the semester: the nature of health, delivery of health care, and populations at risk. Issues such as how health and illness are defined, the roles of preventive and curative approaches, and the impacts and ethics of new technologies will be addressed. The course compares public and private models, focuses on community health care as a developing new paradigm, and examines the particular challenges of marginalized and vulnerable committees. (Note: This is an on-line course).
Department Consent Required

SWK 609R Social Work Practice in Mental Health (0.50) LECCourse ID: 014190
This course aims to equip students to provide sensitive and effective help to clients by presenting material concerning a range of mental health problems and their treatment. The course considers social work practice across the continuum of mental health care services. Attention is focused on how social workers assess, support and intervene with consideration of both the client and his or her environment. (Note: This is an on-line course).
Department Consent Required