In this collection of ten articles, 19 social workers most affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital demonstrate how practitioner use of a single practice-based research strategy can inform social work practice and programs in health care settings. An introductory chapter discusses administrative strategies to promote reflective social work practice. Ch

Design more effective social work programs with research data from your clinical files A well-planned research program helps social workers provide consistent, effective services to their clients, but stretched budgets and tight schedules make it difficult to find the resources for data gathering. Clinical Data-Mining in Practice-Based Research shows how you can use the existing records already kept by every health-care institution as your primary data source. By analyzing documented clinical information, you can do groundbreaking research and custom-tailor programs to fit the specific needs...