Open AccessMaking rotational field placements work
Author(s) -
Barbara Muskat,
Marion Bogo,
Illana Perlman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of practice teaching in social work and health/the journal of practice teaching in social work and health/the journal of practice teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-6113
pISSN - 1460-6690
DOI - 10.1921/jpts.v11i1.258
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , work (physics) , social work , medical education , resource (disambiguation) , engineering ethics , engineering , medicine , computer science , political science , mechanical engineering , law , computer network , mathematics , pure mathematics
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.