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Social work educators teach cultural competency and guide students to understand and address racism. Using mixed methods, we explored the influence of a one-semester course on racial attitudes, skills, and knowledge among 10 diverse undergraduate students. The Seeing White podcast delivered content about historic and systemic race-based oppression and discrimination in American society. Students participated in seminars, maintained reflective journals, and wrote a self-analysis paper to integrate learning. Findings indicate increased knowledge and understanding of key concepts and a commitment to respond to institutional racism. Implications for social work education suggest the need for humility and a willingness for educators and institutions to share power. Ideas for course work on racism are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Continuing education (CE) is critical to effective social work practice. There are limited reports of evaluations of CE training in general and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in particular. One school of social work offered 3 annual, 1-day CE opportunities focusing on different aspects of SBIRT for practicing social workers. Data on participants' knowledge, attitude, skills, self-efficacy, and behavioral intent were collected using pretest and posttest. This article presents the findings from the evaluation of the SBIRT CE program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]