[humanser] Medical Social Work

[Mary Chappell]

Ronit,
Congratulations. How exciting. I trust that the new position will be working 
in the capacity that you desire. So, do tell... what will you be doing, and 
where? Your challenges have resonated with me and I am now so excited to 
hear about your latest coo. Please share!
All the best,
Mary

----- 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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