Getting Involved

The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is a Community Site Practicum in which students can participate each academic quarter. All University of Washington Health Science and Information School Students are encouraged to consider this educational opportunity to learn interprofessional collaborative skills as well as working with and learning from students from the Health Science professional schools.

Students will have the option to obtain credit for their participation at the ARC. Students can enroll online for the Uconj 444 after receiving an add code from the ARC faculty preceptor, Michaelene Kedzierski who can be contacted by email at: kedzm@u.washington.edu.

Practicum Course Overview (ARC)
• Interprofessional collaboration as Board Member
• Increased understanding of community involvement and professional interaction
• Beginning skills for facilitator role
• Increased understanding of working with clients as integral part of health team
• Personal understanding of addiction, recovery and codependency
• Identify some of the characteristics of alcohol or drug addiction
• Describe the patterns of use associated with the addictive process
• Discuss the discuss the characteristic roles of family members, friends   and/or co-workers of addicted persons
• Identify enabling behaviors in the family or workplace of an addicted   person
• Describe the recovery process and the variables that affect   rehabilitation
• Providers of Health Information
• Increased knowledge of health topics and needs of people in recovery
• Understanding of the Self-Care Model of Health, specific to recovery
• Increased computer skills (PowerPoint/WEB sources)
• Increased skills in presenting information to large/small audiences
• Socialization toward Professional Development
• Increased understanding of systems/organizational approach to care
• Meeting needs of multiple groups (organization, students, beneficiaries)
• Self-motivation/responsibility
• Professional conduct/ethics/confidentiality when working with ‘patient’ groups

Specific Activities
• Active involvement in weekly meetings (discussion, minutes, evaluations)
• Presentation of health topics
• Self-study
• Facilitating one weekly meeting
• Interactions with other professionals/clients

Additional Activities/Opportunities*
• Library Tours
• Observation of activities at the ARC - e.g. counseling, work   therapy program, volunteer nurse, etc.
• Health Information Bulletin Boards
• Independent Study in areas of interest - article   analysis/synopsis
• Women’s ARC (e.g. process groups)
• Independent/scholarly projects (e.g. nutritional guidance/meal planning)
• Students in the Community (SITC) collaboration
• Volunteer Nurse Practitioner (preceptor/computer databases/health fairs/grants)
• Smoking Cessation

*NOTE: Additional Activities/Opportunities are meant to open the door to enhance student’s learning and to offer ways to increase professional skills that may be used to meet program requirements for each professional school.

 

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