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Communication Skills. Juliet Koprowska Symposium Evaluating the Outcomes of Social Work Education May 15 th , 2009. Research question. Are communication skills improved through learning within the university?. Research methods. Self-efficacy scale
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Communication Skills Juliet Koprowska Symposium Evaluating the Outcomes of Social Work Education May 15th, 2009
Research question • Are communication skills improved through learning within the university?
Research methods • Self-efficacy scale • Recorded interview with service user-actor • Self-evaluation of interview • Service user-actor evaluation • Assessment of recording • Feedback from service users on placement • T1 = prior to teaching, T2 = 3 months later, after teaching, T3 = 9 months later, after first placement
Learning • Students may go down as well as up • Routine integration of some measures may promote reflexivity • Complete data difficult to obtain