Att plocka russinen från kakorna
En studie om hur kuratorn inom hälso- och sjukvården arbetar med och utvecklar sin kunskap inom krisstöd.
This thesis aims to explore how medical social workers/counselors perform their workwith people during crisis and how they accumulate and practice scientific crisisknowledge. This study is an empirical research paper based on qualitative interviewsconducted with eight medical social workers. The data was analysed with Kvalesmodel for categorization, which constitutes the basis of the research. The results ofthe research was then analysed with the use of Cullbergs crisis theory and a model ofevidence based practice which is described by Topor and Denhov. The results showthat the medical social workers practice the evidence based practice model, describedby Topor and Denhov, in combination with Cullbergs crisis theory. The medicalsocial workers acknowledged the individuals? experiences in their work as well astheir own experiences and scientific knowledge. Our conclusion is that the practice ofmedical social workers/counselors is varying, depending on the varying needs of theindividuals. The social workers/counselor accumulates most knowledge through theirown and the individuals? experiences, but also from scientific crisis evidence.