Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.15 - Mental and social health services and allied professions

51.1503 - Clinical/medical social work

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the specialized professional practice of social work, in collaboration with other health care professionals, in hospitals and other health care facilities and organizations. These programs include courses in social work, psychiatric case work, clinical interviewing techniques, therapeutic intervention strategies, patient testing and evaluation, patient and family counselling, social rehabilitation, patient care planning, record keeping, and support services liaison.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • clinical social work
  • medical social work

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • forensic social work(44.0703)
  • social work(44.0701)