医疗保健社会工作者在COVID-19期间的实践范围
Tiffany Washington1, Terri D Lewinson2
1School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 23, 2024
概括
医疗保健社会工作者在COVID-19大流行期间调整了他们的实践范围,面临着扩大的工作负载和协作挑战. 调查结果为医疗保健系统中社会工作专业知识的最佳利用提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健 社会工作 社会工作
- 全球流行病应对行动
- 定性研究是一种定性研究.
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,美国的医疗保健系统面临严重压力,需要适应性护理交付模式.
- 了解医疗保健社会工作者不断变化的实践范围对于有效的患者护理和系统运行至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述COVID-19流行病爆发后美国医疗保健社会工作者的实践范围.
- 探讨社会工作者在疫情背景下对其角色,挑战和促进者的观点.
主要方法:
- 采用通过Zoom (2020年7月至8月) 进行的半结构面试进行的定性研究.
- 使用演和归纳编码进行基本的定性内容分析.
- 评估社会工作者的实践范围与医疗保健社会工作标准相比.
主要成果:
- 四个关键的实践标准出现了:知识和技能,工作负载的可持续性,跨学科的合作和文化能力.
- 确定了八个主题,包括护理规划,患者关系,工作量扩大,协作挑战和机构/社会文化能力.
- 社会工作者报告说,他们的角色扩大,并在他们的实践中面临新的挑战和促进者.
结论:
- 该研究提供了关于医疗保健社会工作者如何在公共卫生危机期间感知和履行其角色的见解.
- 调查结果强调需要明确定义的角色和责任,以优化社会工作在日常和紧急医疗保健环境中的利用.
- 为医疗保健系统提供建议,以更好地支持和利用社会工作专业知识.
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