Title

Using a Standardized Patient Approach to Enhance Clinical Skills in Gerontological Social Work

Publication Date

9-16-2010

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The rapid increase in the number of older adults in the United States, coupled with new accreditation standards based on competencies, requires social workers to show competence in working with older clients. This teaching note reports on the development and use of a standardized patient (SP) role-play to teach and evaluate the ability of graduate social work students to conduct an appropriate and sensitive mental status exam. A rubric used in the evaluation of student performance and evaluation data from student competencies is included.

Publication Title

Journal of Social Work Education

Volume

46

Issue

3

First Page

443

Last Page

451

DOI

10.5175/JSWE.2010.200900001

Publisher Policy

pre-print, post-print

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