This study investigated differences in attitudes expressed by medical, nursing, and social work students regarding interprofessional collaboration (a) between physician and nurse, (b) between nurse and social worker, and (c) between physician and social worker. A self-administered cross-sectional survey was presented to participants online. The Jefferson School of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (JSAPNC), a modified JSAPNC, and a demographic questionnaire were completed online by 80 students from medicine, nursing, and social work. Significant (p = ≤ .005) differences in attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (IPC) were noted among social work, medical, and nursing students. Attitudes toward IPC in the health care setting were generally positive, with social work and nursing students showing more positive attitudes than medical students. Additional psychometric tests are required to obtain sound reliability and validity scores for the modified JSAPNC.

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P Pe er rc ce ep pt ti io on ns s o of f F Fi ie el ld d I In ns st tr ru uc ct to or rs s: : W Wh ha at t S Sk ki il ll ls s A Ar re e C Cr ri it ti ic ca al ll ly y I Im mp po or rt ta an nt t i in n M Ma an na ag ge ed d C Ca ar re e a an nd d P Pr ri iv va at ti iz ze ed d E En nv vi ir ro on nm me en nt ts s? ?Abstract: There is an increasing demand for social work practitioners to work in managed care and privatized environments. In an attempt to build social work curriculum and identify important competencies needed in contemporary service environments, researchers investigated South Florida field instructors' (N=79) perceptions of necessary knowledge and skill to work in environments affected by privatization and managed care. This study's findings indicate that field instructors (98%) identified documentation as the most critically important skill for any social work position. Additionally, respondents identified intervention evaluation (95%), timefocused and needs-based assessments strategies (94%), and evaluation of progress through outcome measures (94%) as other critically important skills for current and future practitioners.

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