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Nov 04, 2025
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SOC 118P - Drug and Alcohol Clinical Practicum
Credits: 3
1 Lecture Hours 2 Practicum Hours
Prerequisites: SOC 117
Co-requisites: PSY 230
Description
This course is a Drug and Alcohol Clinical Practicum, which affords the student the ability to practice what they have learned in class. Students are assigned to work in any of a number of clinical settings, depending on their inclinations and scheduling exigencies. Field work is complemented by lectures in Ethics and HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infections.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Develop their own ethical standards through study of relevant documents on the subject as it relates to the field of addiction.
- Identify and teach to others likely vectors of infections from blood-borne illnesses such as HIV/AIDS.
- Report what has been learned at the clinical setting.
- Judge Drug and Alcohol as an appropriate career path.
Listed Topics
- Ethical papers from NAADAC and the PCB
- The responsibilities inherent to the principle of “Confidentiality” including the legal precedent implicit in “Tarasoff” and other suitable readings
- Appropriate laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- HIV/AIDS, its definition, scope, vectors of infection and prevention
- Other blood-borne illnesses such as HBV and HCV
- Questions brought back by the students from their sites
Reference Materials
Currently recognized texts, videos, handouts and library resources.
Approved By: Johnson, Alex Date Approved: 05/18/2009
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