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Scope of Practice

Social Workers belong to the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

The delivery of clinical services provided either face-to-face or with electronic means, within the context of a helping relationship including assessment, diagnosis, case management, counselling, therapy, consultation, crisis intervention, treatment, group services, and programs, social support, and referral services. – Canadian Association of Social Workers

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Susie Beres completes a simulation of a bedside assessment for the purposes of a study.
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Dr. Timothy Carey and Dr. Patrick Thornley, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) standing behind with a Mazor robotic platform in an operating room.
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