Health Professional Development

Recordings from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health are now available. NASW is a co-sponsor of this interprofessional conference, Seize the Moment for Climate Action: Building the Climate and Health Movement.

It’s important for social workers and other human service workers to know about the effects of substance abuse regarding the clients they work with, says Ann A. Abbott, PhD, LCSW, a retired social work educator and former associate dean and faculty member at Rutgers University School of Social Work.

NASW is a sponsor of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health’s 2022 Annual Meeting "Accelerating Climate Solutions: From Urgency to Impact for Health & Equity."

NASW is a sponsor of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health’s 2022 Annual Meeting, March 5th-7th. The theme for this year’s meeting is "Accelerating Climate Solutions: From Urgency to Impact for Health & Equity."

This webinar highlighted innovative practices for promoting quitlines during the pandemic, including the I COVID Quit campaign developed by the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. NASW shared its activities and resources to engage social workers in smoking cessation efforts.

Educating social workers in palliative and end-of-life care (ESPEC) is an innovative training program designed for health social workers by social workers to promote the integration of primary palliative care skills into clinical practice.