[humanser] Medical Social Work

[Mary Ann Rojek]

Congratulations, Ronit! How exciting for you.  Is your job in genetic 
counseling?

Mary Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronit Ovadia" <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: [humanser] Medical Social Work


> 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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