MSW Michael Piora 2022 Agency Name: St. Luke's Weight Management Profile: St. Luke’s Weight Management department focuses on the patient’s own individual weight loss journey and giving them the support and guidance to ensure the post effective and safe weight loss journey. I am primarily in the surgical department, but also engage with the non- surgical weight loss program. St. Luke’s really focuses on the individual person and what would be best for them. Field Placement Responsibilities: My responsibilities for the field placement is to sit in with my supervisor on intakes and follow up appointments with patients to try and pinpoint areas of focus to ensure they are the most successful after surgery. I also have the chance to work on the social media groups in the surgical, surgical group’s fitness challenge, and non- surgical groups, Wednesday Wellness which helps provide extra support and topics that interest the patients. I also have the chance to reach out to other therapy and psychiatry agencies to help refer the patients out who may need the extra support or diagnoses to continue with the surgical process. Future Goals: Medical Social worker in either organ donation or oncology. Department of Social Work
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