Social work in health care: a curriculum proposal for a health care concentration in the graduate program of the Division of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento

There is a need for an emphasis in medical social work in graduate programs. Students who have not had this educational training are not adequately prepared to work as medical social workers. 14 current medical social workers at Sutter General Hospital and Sutter Memorial Hospital were evaluated. The survey included questions to assess how effective their Master of Social Work program was in preparing them for medical social work. The study confirmed that participants with an emphasis in healthcare found their courses to be beneficial upon entering the medical field.