Field Education for Evidence Based Practice

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Field Education for Evidence Based Practice

• Edward F. Lawlor
• March 14, 2008

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Brown School Context

• Aaron Rosen/ Enola Proctor Leadership
• Faculty Publications
• Proctor, E.K. (2007). Implementing evidence
  based-practice in social work education
  Principles, strategies, and partnerships.
  Research on Social Work Practice, 17(5), 583-591.
• Proctor, E.K., Knudsen, K., Fedoravicius, N.,
  Hovmand, P., Rosen A., Perron, B. (2007).
  Implementation of evidence-base practice in
  community behavioral health Agency director
  perspectives. Administration and Policy in Mental
  Health and Mental Health Services Research,
  34(5), 479-488.
• Edmond, T., Megivern, D., Williams, C., Rochman,
  E., Howard, M. (2006). Integrating
  evidence-based practice and social work field
  education. Journal of Social Work Education,
  42(2), 371-390.
• Proctor, E.K. (2004). Leverage points for the
  implementation of evidence-based practice. Brief
  Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4(3), 227-242.

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Brown School Context

• Field Education Task Force
• Innovations in field education to advance EBP
  education and training for students
• Evidence Based Task Force
• School-agency partnerships to advance EBP
• School wide EBP Discussion Forum
• Curriculum discussions underway

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Field Education Reform Field Instructors

• EBP Online Library Resources for field
  instructors
• Field education newsletter with EBP focus
• Field instructor certification
• New affiliation process for field sites and
  instructors
• Professional development
• Field supervisor orientation to use of EBP
• Evidence Based Practice series
• Training by Brown School Faculty

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Field Education Reform Students

• Field units developed
• Family Resource Center
• East St. Louis
• Glasgow Village
• Urban Strategies
• Integrative foundation field practicum seminar
• Integrates theory and evidence-based knowledge in
  curriculum with field experiences
• Education learning agreements
• Beginning Summer 2008, students will identify
  field activities that reflect implementation of
  EBPs
• Field site visits
• Semester site visits assess and discuss EBP at
  the site

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Evidence-Based Partnerships

• Concept
• First partner
• Family Resource Center
• Selection of practices
• Implications for Brown School curriculum and
  field education
• Motivational interviewing
• Future directions

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EBP Partnerships Core Elements
Research
Student Learning

• School Agency
• Partnerships

EBP Advancement
Curriculum
Professional Development

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School-Wide EBP Initiative

• Engage in a waiver process which involves
  revolutionizing
• social work education to make it consistent with
  EBP.
• Implement a curriculum and pedagogy that supports
• students reflexive use of EBP.

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Specific Tasks

• Implement a curriculum and pedagogy that supports
  students reflexive use of EBP
• Develop the finest computerized evidence
  retrieval system for locating best available
  evidence in Social Work
• Publish
• Develop and publish a handbook equivalent to
  Evidence Based Medicine How to Practice and
  Teach EBM which can serve as a bible for EBP
  in social work.
• Disseminate a series (10) of other/associated
  publications.
• Evaluate student learning using state-of the art
  methods

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Issues

• Finding willing partners with organizational
  resources
• Little research or practice on implementation
• The politics of winnowing down field education
  sites
• Time, resources, leadership
• Extending this approach to non-traditional
  placements

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Field Education for Evidence Based Practice

• Edward F. Lawlor
• March 14, 2008