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Post Career in PPC
Author: LISAMC
Date: May 22, 2012 10:07 am
I am interested in pursuing a degree where I can work in PPC. I am not interested in nursing, but more in the support and coordination aspect. Would a social work degree be my best choice? Any other suggestions?
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+ Re:Career in PPC (by StacyRemke on 05/22/2012)
Hi. Social Work may very well be an excellent choice. The social work role in palliative care encompasses individual and family counseling, advanced care care planning in conjunction with the other members of the team ,and psycho-education to enhance coping ,to name a few dimensions of the role and certainly includes aspects of coordination of care,too, as a practical matter. You may want to explore SW the job descriptions on the CAPC web site, and maybe check out the Smith Certificate program in Palliative and End-of-life Care to get an idea of the role and the tasks involved.
+ Re:Career in PPC (by LisaLeah on 06/19/2012)
Hello,
As a sidenote, when we were exploring adding a SW to our pc program, you need to have certain credentials (LISW for example) in order to bill or have the agency bill for the visits. A MSW would not be able to bill in palliative care, if that is something you were interested in doing.

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