[humanser] Medical Social Work

[Ronit Ovadia]

Hi Leslie,
My name is Ronit Ovadia and I've been on this list a while, but have 
been quiet. I'm not a social worker, but a genetic counselor, and have 
just gotten my first job! I'm very excited about that. Anyway, I wanted 
to let you know that unfortunately, I've also tried using Epiccare in my 
rotations during grad school and it's pretty much unusable with any 
screen reader. I had to use a reader/computer assistant to help me 
complete my rotations successfully. I think it is unfortunate that it is 
so difficult to get in to hemedical field including medical social work 
and would love to help you out if I can. I would love to see more blind 
people in the medical field.

Feel free to get in touch with me offlist if you have other questions or 
if you just want to vent about things. I would also be happy to talk to 
you by phone if you would like to. I can share with you some of the 
things that I did during my rotations and some of the techniques I've 
come up with. Nothing works perfectly, but at least I was able to get my 
first job, even if it did take me a whole year to do so.

Take care nad good luck.
Ronit Ovadia
rovadia82 at gmail.com

leslie penko wrote:
> Greetings all,
>  
> This is my first submission on the Human Services list serve so I apologize in advance if I am doing this wrong.
>  
> I am pursuing my Masters degree in Social Work and I am currently internning at a county hospital in the in-patient psychiatric unit.  I firstly am wondering if anyone has contact info for anyone that may be able to give me some pointers on medical social work with a visual impairment and, I am also having a very difficult time completing my responsibilities because our charting program Epic is completely inaccessible with JAWS.  
> I know this is a vague subject but I thought I'd just give it a shot that someone may have some pointers or provide me with some direction.
> Thanks and have a very happy new year!
>  
> Leslie Penko
> leslie.penko at gmail.com
> 
> 
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