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BSW Student Serita Lee Researches Geriatric Social Work Education at Augsburg
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Gerontology At Augsburg
The BIG Question: With the "Baby Boom" generation retiring in the millions are social work educational institutions (read: Augsburg College) up to the task of training students for this population?

SERITA LEE Junior, Day Program, received a grant from Augsburg's Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) office to study social work students' ability to serve our growing older adult population.

Serita gathered pre-test data from students, created the database, and analyzed the pre-test data to determine the level of confidence of students abilities. Over the next year and a half social work courses will be infused with gerontological information and students will be surveyed again upon graduation.

The goal is to improve social worker's ability to effectively respond to the needs of our state's elderly.

To view Serita's poster and research results CLICK HERE for the powerpoint slide

	Serita Lee Presents: Gerentology In Social Work Education
Assisted by: Christina Erickson, Ph.D.	Serita with Dixie Shafer, Director of URGO