Aging: Learning Objectives and Supported Competencies

Learning Objectives

• Define evidence-based social work and distinguish it from evidence-based medicine;
  
• Become familiar with key concepts in evidence-based Social Work;
  
• Apply key concepts to searching and evaluating the Social Work literature;
  
• Learn strategies for effective retrieval of evidence-based Social Work resources;
  
• Identify Web-based resources that support best evidence research and practice.

Supported Competencies

The strategies and resources in this module will enhance Social Workers’ competencies in:

Analytic assessment skills:

Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources.