This course presents the broad range of research tools that social workers can use to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their practice. This course will enable students to engage in the process of evidence-based social work practice. Students will develop basic competencies in the critical consumption of social work-relevant research and evaluation data. Students will learn to interpret qualitative and quantitative research, conduct a literature review and understand the nature of evidence-based practice in social work practice arenas. Additionally, students will develop a basic social work practice-relevant research proposal. The course also emphasizes how social work research can help professionals better understand and more effectively impact problems of injustice, inequity, oppression and discrimination in contemporary American society. M.S.W. required course. Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MSW 5000 or permission of the program director