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Jan 23, 2025
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SW 640 - Elements of Evidence Informed Practice (3 units)
This course prepares students to access, evaluate, and synthesize evidence needed to guide practice decisions.
Recommended Preparation: Introductory research and statistics course.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify and address ethical issues encountered in research.
2. articulate how power dynamics as well as social, political, and cultural factors influence the conceptualization, funding, “doing” and use of research.
3. conduct reviews of the various forms of evidence that inform social work practice.
4. identify and distinguish between major research designs and their applications.
5. differentiate between evidence-based practice and evidence-based practices.
6. use empirically based data to define the scope and nature of social problems.
7. use empirically based data to identify evidence-informed approaches to practice.
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