A Basic Study on Medical Social Worker Education in College -The Present Situation and How It should Be Changed

通过对1)医务社会工作者(MSW)教育现状的调查，以及(2)积极的MSW对传统教育的评价，以探讨如何更好地在高校开展MSW教育。调查(1)于2006年在日本141所社会福利及相关大学进行问卷调查，有91所大学回覆(收集率：64.5%)。结果显示，67.0%的受访者提供医务社会工作相关科目的讲座课程，例如《医务社会工作概论》，16.5%的受访者提供针对医务工作者培训的辅导课程，36.3%的受访者提供实践培训。这表明，只有一小部分日本大学提供系统的医务社会工作教育。调查(2)采用问卷调查法，对47个地州的36个城市生活垃圾专业组织进行调查。问卷被发送给这些组织中的8300名成员，2123名成员回答了…更多(收款率：25.6%)。75.9%的受访者是社会福利或相关大学的毕业生，77.7%的受访者是注册社会工作者。23.5%的人在医院接受过实践培训--在大学等地方获得学分，31.4%的人自愿接受这种培训，50.9%的人都没有经历过。39.5%的被调查者在入职前有过大学实习以外的医务社会工作经验。至于对所接受教育的评价，只有12.1%的人回答“非常足够”或“足够”，高达87.9%的人回答“略有不足”或“不足”。还证实，他们的评价因他们的资质、实际培训经验等而有所不同。这些结果揭示了少数大学随意提供专门培训MSW的严峻形势，大多数活跃的MSW认为自己在从事专业MSW工作时所接受的教育不足以充分利用。较少

A survey was conducted on 1) the present situation of medical social worker (MSW) education, and 2) how active MSWs evaluate the conventional education, in order to examine how MSW education in college should be best provided. Survey (1) was conducted in 2006 at 141 social welfare and related universities in Japan using a questionnaire, and 91 universities responded (collection rate : 64.5%). The results reveal that 67.0% of the respondents offer lecture courses in medical social work-related subjects such as "Introduction to Medical Social Work", 16.5% offer tutorial instruction aimed for training of MSWs, and 36.3% offer practical training. This shows only a small fraction of Japanese universities offers systematic education on medical social work. Survey (2) was conducted at 36 cooperating organizations out of MSW professional organizations from 47 prefectures using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to the 8, 300 members of these organizations, and 2, 123 members responded … More (collection rate : 25.6%). 75.9% of the respondents are graduates from social welfare or related universities, and 77.7% are certified social workers. 23.5% received practical training at hospitals-to earn credits at universities, etc., 31.4% received such training voluntarily, and 50.9% experienced neither. 39.5% had had any experience of studying medical social work other than practical training in college before they started their professions. As for their evaluation of the education they received, only 12.1% answered "very sufficient" or "sufficient", and as many as 87.9% answered "a little insufficient" or "insufficient". It was also confirmed that their evaluation differed depending on the qualification, practical training experience, etc. they have. These results reveal the critical situation that specialist education for training MSWs is offered arbitrarily at few universities and that most of active MSWs judge the education they received as being insufficient to exploit when working as professional MSWs. Less