SWK356 Assignment: Social Work in Healthcare (TMA)

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SWK356: Social Work in Healthcare (TMA)

Singapore University of Social Sciences

What we score:

79%

Requirements: 

This Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA) requires you to write a 2500-word report by answering two (2) comprehensive questions. 

Question 1

Choose ONE of the three prevalent health issues faced in Singapore and answer the following questions.

Question 2

• Using the Rolland’s (1994) psychosocial typology of illness, map out the current and projected development of Mdm Tan’s medical condition.
  
• Using the Biopsychosocial-spiritual (BPS-S) model, assess the impact of Mdm Tan’s condition impacting Mdm Tan and vice versa.
• Assess the suicidal risk in Mdm Tan and discuss how would that affect your management of this case. Discuss any possible ethical concerns that you may have in working with Mdm Tan and how you would overcome this concern.

Our Writer’s Comment 

This TMA is designed to assess students’ ability to integrate theory, ethics, and clinical judgement within realistic healthcare scenarios, rather than answer each question mechanically. Although the assignment is divided into two questions, stronger submissions demonstrate a shared professional lens across both. This shows how social workers analyse health issues at both the system level (Question 1) and the individual patient level (Question 2).

A common weakness in Question 1 is treating healthcare stakeholders descriptively. Higher-scoring answers critically appraise how sociopolitical context, healthcare financing, and public perceptions shape the management of issues such as cancer, hypertension, or low fertility in Singapore. Students who score well also show clear insight into the distinct role of medical social workers in addressing psychosocial implications beyond clinical care.

For Question 2, weaker submissions often summarise Mdm Tan’s background without applying frameworks rigorously. Stronger work uses Rolland’s psychosocial typology, the biopsychosocial-spiritual model, and suicide-risk assessment systematically, while demonstrating ethical sensitivity to autonomy, beneficence, and duty of care. 

General Tips to Improve Your Score

Adopt a consistent social work perspective throughout
Whether analysing a national health issue or an individual case, your role as a medical social worker should remain clear.

Apply frameworks analytically, not descriptively
Models such as Rolland’s typology and the BPS-S framework should guide assessment and intervention, not merely label factors.

Anchor arguments in the Singapore context
Healthcare financing, family dynamics, ageing, and cultural beliefs should be reflected accurately.

Demonstrate ethical reasoning explicitly
Identify ethical tensions clearly and explain how professional principles guide decision-making.

Write with clinical realism and empathy
Especially in suicide-risk assessment, tone, judgment, and sensitivity matter as much as theory.

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