Diane Fenske
Education
- MSW, Wayne State University
- BSW, Eastern Michigan University
Biography
Diane has practiced as a social worker for 37 years. Prior to Social Work, She was an intensive care unit nurse for 12 years, which led her to realize her desired social work as her future trajectory. Diane's clinical/professional social work career has been spent managing and directing medical Social Work departments in four SE Michigan hospitals. Her focus was on crisis intervention with patients and families, working with interdisciplinary health care teams, education of staff and employees in customer service principles, and hospital-wide projects for improvement of patient care. Diane came to EMU SSW in January 2014, and this work has been a joy for her.
Publications
- 2019 “Case Studies in Evidence-Based Education”. Contributing author to textbook. Publication in early 2021
- 2019 MIPERC Conference – “Preprofessional IPE – It Can Happen Early!”
- 2018 EMU CHHS Grant – “It Takes a Village: Educating Future Interdisciplinary Health Care Team Members”
Courses
- SWRK 120 Introduction to Social Work & Professional Roles
- SWRK 251 Self-Assessment for Profession of Social Work
- SWRK 222 Social Welfare Policies & Services
- SWRK/WGST 413/513 Women & Aging
- IHHS 260/261 Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective