Anxiety Experienced by Foundation-Year MSW Students Entering Field Placement: Implications for Admissions, Curriculum, and Field Education

摘要: This article presents the results of an exploratory study assessing foundation-year MSW students' level anxiety regarding several aspects field learning, including concerns related to their agency, working with clients, supervisory relationship, and social work education. Older students, those who had taken even one class prior entering practicum, more than a year or volunteer experience in services reported significantly less about beginning practicum colleagues. Implications recommendations for admissions criteria, course curriculum content, education initiatives, future research this area are discussed.