HEALTH, AGING, AND DISABILITY PRACTICE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Advanced practice knowledge and skills essential for social workers practicing in health, aging, and disability care settings.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: (Graduate/professional standing, SOC WORK 441 , and 442 ) or Declared in Social Work Advanced Standing MSW Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand public benefits, insurance and funding that pays for services clients in health, aging and disability practice settings often utilize. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop advanced practice knowledge and skills for interprofessional practice in health, aging and disability practice settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the needs of clients across the life span, including the needs of special populations and the impact health care disparities, socio-economic factors, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity and intersectionality have on client outcomes. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the values and ethics of the profession in relation to health, aging and disability practice settings. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand public benefits, insurance and funding that pays for services clients in health, aging and disability practice settings often utilize. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop advanced practice knowledge and skills for interprofessional practice in health, aging and disability practice settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the needs of clients across the life span, including the needs of special populations and the impact health care disparities, socio-economic factors, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity and intersectionality have on client outcomes. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the values and ethics of the profession in relation to health, aging and disability practice settings. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027