'In the real world we're all put on the spot at some time or other, so you need to be prepared for it': An exploratory study of an oral method of assessing knowledge of mental health law

Autor: Jeanette Henderson, Heather Scott, Peter Lloyd
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Social Work Education. 21:91-103
ISSN: 1470-1227
0261-5479
DOI: 10.1080/02615470120107040
Popis: The education and training of Approved Social Workers (ASWs) involves at least 60 days of college and practice-based learning. A major component of the college-based curriculum is the teaching and assessment of knowledge of mental health law. One programme in England assesses student knowledge of law by an oral examination that includes a case discussion and questions about the Mental Health Act 1983. Oral assessment of knowledge of law is commonplace for those entering legal professions. Oral assessment of clinical knowledge in professions such as medicine and psychiatry is similarly frequent. However, examination by oral assessment is not usual in social work education. An exploratory study by postal questionnaire of all past students of the programme and their line managers was undertaken to establish their views of this means of assessing knowledge of law. This paper considers the results of the research and outlines student perceptions of the law oral assessment as preparation for practice as an ASW....
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