When the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Social Work began developing a master’s program in 2017, it was visibly obvious that it should have a clinical/medical concentration. All ...

This National Social Work Month, social workers from across UAB have a message for the community: medical social workers are an integral part of the health system. Social workers can be found in ...

In the U.S., where many minority populations have deeply rooted distrust of the medical system due to historical and ongoing barriers to high-quality care, it can be helpful when trained members of ...

Your care team wants what's best for you, and they work hard to make sure you get the information and support you need. Still, parts of healthcare can be hard to manage—whether it's medical language, ...