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Daniel J. Fischer

Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Work

Daniel J. Fischer

Daniel Fischer is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work, and Assistant Dean and Director of Field Education at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. He is also an Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry. Dan completed his BA is psychology in 1983 and his MSW in 1984 both at the University of Michigan. He has been at the University of Michigan since 1989, working as a clinical social worker, researcher, teacher and healthcare administrator. He has conducted numerous scientific presentations, workshops and training seminars on a variety of topics including cognitive-behavioral therapy with child/adolescent anxiety disorders, and leadership development. He has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to pediatric anxiety disorders and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and his current research interest is related to interprofessional education.

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(734) 647-2543dfischer@umich.edu2660D SSWBUniversity of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

Year Degree   School
1984 MSW IP University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1983 BA Psychology University of Michigan

News

Year Description
2022 Fischer, D. (2022, June 15). The Friendship Circle: Cognitive behavioral interventions for children/youth anxiety problems [Invited virtual workshop presentation]. The Friendship Circle.
2020 Sweet, B., Fitzgerald, M., Gross, M., Fischer, D., Weber, K., & Patterson, V. (2020). Design of an interprofessional education database for use by administrators, faculty, and students across different health science schools [Presentation]. Virtual NEXUS Summit.
2020 Lewis, L. & Fischer, D. (Hosts). (2020, August 18). COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities in social work field education during a global pandemic [Audio podcast]. https://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=284
2019 Munz, S. M., Aebersold, M., Hart A. L., Cherara, L., Kurz, D., Mullin, P., & Fischer, D. (2019). Student reflection of team-based simulation to facilitate interprofessional education competencies [Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2019 Ruffolo, M., Smith, M. J., Hiltz, B., Fischer, D., Brown, S. (2019). Virtual reality simulations to enhance evidence-based practice skills: implementation strategies and challenges. Workshop presented at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM), Denver, CO.
2019 Williams, B., Fischer, D., Khang, E., Kuzma, E., Mattison, D., Reid, K., Rye, H., Stanley, E., & Thompson, A. (2019, April). Caring for complex, underserved patients: Interprofessional education and care where it matters most [Poster presentation]. Health Professions Education Day Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2019 Fischer, D. J. (2019, March). Social Work Field Instruction and Interprofessional Education: Opportunities for Field Instructors, invited workshop presenter, School of Social Work, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2018 Sweet, B., Fischer, D., & Beck, A. (2019). Interprofessional education longitudinal survey: A tool used to assess curricular change [Presentation]. Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2018 Fischer, D., Khang, E., & Sweet, B. (2018). Social justice grand rounds: Social work and pharmacy students learning together [Presentation]. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2018 Schuler, B., Weaver, A., Mattison, D., & Fischer, D. (2018). Facilitators and barriers to implementing an integrated health-care focused curriculum: MSW student perceptions [Presentation]. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2018 Ruffolo, M., Price, D., & Fischer, D. (2018, July). University and community collaborations: Lessons learned. SWSD 2018 International Conference (Dublin, Ireland).
2018 Williams, B., Fischer, D., Khang, E., Kuzma, E., Mattison, D., Reid, K., Rye, H., Stanley, E., & Thompson, A. (2018, April). Caring for complex, underserved patients: Interprofessional education and care where it matters most [Conference presentation]. Health Professions Education Day Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2018 Fischer, D. (2018). Interprofessional education: Broadening the impact for social work [Keynote presentation]. Field Education Institute: Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2018 Munz, S. M., Aebersold, M., Hart A. L., Cherara, L., Kurz, D., Mullin, P., & Fischer, D. (2018). Student reflection of team-based simulation to facilitate interprofessional education competencies [Presentation]. Health Professionals Day Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2018 Munz, S. M., Aebersold, M., Hart A. L., Cherara, L., Kurz, D., Mullin, P., & Fischer, D. (2018). Student reflection of team-based simulation to facilitate interprofessional education competencies [Presentation]. American Dental Education Association, Orlando, Florida.

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