Educating Professionals: Practice Learning in Health and Social Care

This book examines recent changes in practice education in health and social care in the United Kingdom, in terms of the way it is organized and its basic concepts. The authors use case studies of the experiences of students learning in practice environments to determine how the process is organized, methods to help students learn their profession, and how they are assessed. The book includes chapters on nine professions, and two introductory chapters discuss general concepts common to those professions, including reflective practice and the importance of the community as a setting. Editors Doel (social work, Sheffield Hallam U.), Shardlow (social work, U. of Salford), and 16 co-authors contributed to the book. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mark Doel is Research Professor of Social Work at Sheffield Hallam University, England. He is co-editor of Groupwork Journal and the author of many books on practice teaching and learning, groupwork and task-centred practice, including (with Steven M. Shardlow) Modern Social Work Practice (Ashgate 2005). He has directed a university undergraduate social work programme, and has fourteen years' experience as a practice teacher (student supervisor), working in a variety of social work settings, including the United States. Steven M. Shardlow is Professor of Social Work at the University of Salford, England and is Professor II at BodA﹐ University College, Norway. He is Director of Salford Centre for Social Work Research and edits the Journal of Social Work. He is the co-author (with Mark Doel) of Modern Social Work Practice (Ashgate 2005). Previously, he has directed a university postgraduate social work programme; managed a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care practitioners, and practised as a field and residential social worker.