Associate Professor, MSW Program Director St. Joseph's University of NY Patchogue, New York, United States
This poster presents mixed-methods data of first-year MSW students that explores self-care practices in field study, compared to a cohort of students in other helping professions, including nursing. Opportunities to support social workers with developing self-care practices, including self-compassion, and the impact of self-care on diverse students is explored.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, the participant will be able to identify the role of self-care practices among first year social work students in this study.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to identify how the first year MSW students in this study sample interpreted and integrated a variety of self-care practices into their social work identity.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to compare and contrast the self-care practices of social work students and other professional helping students such as nurses.