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

通过对医务社工教育现状和医务社工对传统医务社工教育的评价进行调查，探讨如何更好地开展高校医务社工教育。2006年对日本141所社会福利及相关大学进行问卷调查(1)，有91所大学回复（回收率：64.5%）。调查结果显示，67.0%的受访医院开设了《医务社会工作概论》等与医务社会工作相关的讲座课程，16.5%的受访医院开设了针对医务社会工作人员培训的辅导课程，36.3%的受访医院开设了实践培训课程。这表明，只有一小部分日本大学提供系统的医疗社会工作教育。调查(2)采用问卷调查的方式，对来自47个县的36家城市生活垃圾专业机构进行了调查。问卷被发送给这些组织的8300名成员，2123名成员回复了…More（回收率：25.6%）。75.9%的受访者毕业于社会福利或相关院校，77.7%的受访者是持证社工。23.5%的人在医院接受实践培训，以便在大学等获得学分，31.4%的人自愿接受这种培训，50.9%的人两者都没有。39.5%在从事专业工作前，除在大学接受实际训练外，曾有学习医务社会工作的经验。至于他们对所受教育的评价，只有12.1%的人回答“非常足够”或“足够”，而回答“稍微不够”或“不够”的则高达87.9%。据证实，对他们的评价根据他们的资格、实际培训经验等而有所不同。这些结果揭示了少数高校对城市生活妇女进行专业培训的严重现状，以及大多数在职城市生活妇女在成为专业城市生活妇女后认为所接受的教育不足。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