ERIC Number: EJ1214539
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-7797
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Teaching Note--Implementation of Online Client Simulation to Train and Assess Screening and Brief Intervention Skills
Putney, Jennifer M.; Levine, Adele A.; Collin, Cali-Ryan; O'Brien, Kimberly H. M.; Mountain-Ray, Shannon; Cadet, Tamara
Journal of Social Work Education, v55 n1 p194-201 2019
Given the workforce shortage of adequately trained behavioral health professionals, schools of social work are ideally positioned to teach empirically supported treatments for preventing and reducing substance use, specifically, screening and brief interventions. Traditionally, opportunities to practice screening and brief intervention skills occur in classes and field placements; however, these opportunities are limited by class time, placement setting, and multiple demands placed on field instructors. Online client simulation has potential to address these limitations as an asynchronous training and assessment tool. This article details the integration of online interactive client simulation technology in advanced-level master of social work curricula. Drawing on longitudinal pre- and postdata, we present a preliminary analysis of changes in students' screening and brief intervention skills.
Descriptors: Intervention, Substance Abuse, Social Work, Program Implementation, Screening Tests, Referral, Drinking, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Motivation Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1H79TI02597001