该计划与两个著名的学术计划相结合，为学生提供融合社会工作和医学类似价值的跨学科体验。这是一个并行计划，由通常从事这些工作的教师提供的现行计划的现有要素组成。这些新要素将通过旨在使该计划的跨学科特征具体化的综合经验加以补充。双学位学生必须同时获得MSSA和MA学位，才能获得其他课程中的特定课程的学分。Case Western Reserve的Jack，Joseph和Morton Mandel应用社会科学学院以及生物伦理学系提供的双学位课程与美国其他课程不同。随着卫生保健，老龄化以及精神卫生和社会工作中的道德
This program joins two well-known academic programs to offer students an interdisciplinary experience blending the similar values of social work and medicine. This is a side-by-side program composed of existing elements of ongoing programs provided by the faculty usually engaged in these efforts. These new elements will be supplemented by an integrative experience designed to make the interdisciplinary character of the program concrete.<br><br>Dual-degree students must receive the MSW and MA degrees simultaneously to be granted credit for specific courses taken in the other program. The dual degree program offered by Case Western Reserve's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and the Department of Bioethics is unlike other programs in the United States. As the number and complexity of ethical dilemmas in health care, aging, and mental health and social work continue to increase, there is a growing need for advanced practice social workers who are knowledgeable about the principles and problem resolution techniques that are fundamental to Bioethics.<br><br>In health care settings, ethical consultations are often requested on decisions having to do with end-of-life, organ donation, or initiation or withdrawal of medical treatments. In addition, graduates of this program will be able to help counsel health care providers, organizations, and clients, participate in setting policy, and teach others about these issues.