Using an Experiential Learning Assignment to Teach BSW Students about Culture and End-of-Life Care Planning
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2019-02-07
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Nancy Kusmaul (2019) Using an Experiential Learning Assignment to Teach BSW Students about Culture and End-of-Life Care Planning, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 39:1, 75-91, DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2018.1553813
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This is the submitted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Teaching in Social Work on 07 Feb 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08841233.2018.1553813.
This is the submitted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Teaching in Social Work on 07 Feb 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08841233.2018.1553813.
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In response to needs identified by the Institute of Medicine and the National Association of Social Workers, this article describes an experiential assignment to increase BSW students’ skills in end-of-life care. In this assignment, students discussed end-of-life wishes with another, completed an advance directive, and processed their experience. Students made gains in three areas: awareness of others’ perspectives, recognition of culture’s influence on end-of-life decisions, and the role of information in empowering patients and families. Students also made gains in the affective skill of empathy.