Describe your experience or experiences with research as a subject. How do you feel about research? Do you see any benefits and/or downsides in using research in social work practice? What are your fears and concerns, if any? How do you think this will impact upon your motivations and work for this course?
RESEARCH…….. NEVER ENDING RESEARCH …… LOL
Research… oh research…. it never ends lol.
I personally am not a fan of research but understand that it’s something that we do need to work on to be able be fully educated in our professions. Throughout my undergrad we focused a large amount of time on research.
Last semester we also had to do our first graduate literature review in which I was not a fan of. I think that with the proper guidance we are able to produce a well written research batter. However, with the lack of guidance I feel horribly lost. Research not only helps us as individuals to be able to learn new information on topics that we didn’t have an insight about, it allows us to be able to be open minded and be able to research different options and be able to obtain an insight on the outcomes.
In social work, research is important for us as professionals but more importantly for our clients. It not only allows us to be able to gain insight to the resources available for our clients but be able to provide the best effective treatment. Research will assist us in our professional field with being able to provide our client with the best resources, services, and treatment.
One of the downsides that comes to mind when using research in social work is that we may become adamant and want to use one specific treatment for a large amount of our clients due to the research that we obtained. However, we have to keep in mind that every situation is different according to the clients needs and most importantly their environment. As with everything new at times we are scared to obtain new information and apply it.
One of my concerns is the ability to decipher which is the best treatment for my future client. I am very passionate on helping others and want to make sure that I do everything I can to provide the best treatment. I never want my client to feel hopeless or lose the trust that we built based on negative results from suggestions I provided. This is the biggest fear I have. However, I know with time I will be able to figure out what is the best way to handle different situations. I think my desire to be able to differentiate different options for different situations will provide me the motivation needed for this course. I truly do enjoy learning new information and want to be able to apply the information that I learn in my future profession.
I am truly thankful that I am able to be in school and work towards my dream career. I want to be able to be the hope that others are searching for. I look forwards to the challenges in this course and will be asking questions when clarification is needed.
To be honest I am overall highly nervous but that means that it will be worth it. Let’s see how my journey continues.
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