Real-Life Scenarios Help Teach Students How to Work With Other Professions

May 28, 2025

By Christi Mays

When junior social work major Averianna Feather­ston walked into the exam room, the first red flag she spotted was the bruises on her patient's face. Looking at his chart, she realized this was his fifth visit to the emergency room in a month. The patient was "very soft-spoken and sweet," and Averianna quickly sensed he didn't want to upset his wife, who was deroga­tory and rude to him. Whenever Averianna and her colleagues asked him a question, the wife interr...