{"id":4164,"date":"2026-09-20T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/?page_id=4164"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:21:50","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Department of Medical Social Work was established concurrently with the founding of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (formerly known as the University Hospital) in the year of 1968. Initially known as the Medical Welfare Unit and later as the PTJ of Medical Welfare, the department underwent development and was renamed to Department of Medical Social Work in the year of 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Objective<\/strong><br \/>\nAssist patients in undergoing treatment and rehabilitation processes at UMMC through efficient, effective, and beneficial medical social work services to enhance patients&#8221; well-being and social functionality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specific objectives:<\/strong><br \/>\nAssist patients in need by:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Carrying out biopsychosocial assessments for referred patients to identify their needs and implement appropriate interventions based on the availability of resources.<\/li>\n<li>Providing guidance, support, and counseling services to patients and their families to address and manage biopsychosocial issues and impacts they face.<\/li>\n<li>Providing crisis management services to patients and their families to help them cope with the crises they are experiencing.<\/li>\n<li>Assisting patients with practical and financial aid to support the treatment process.<\/li>\n<li>Assisting in the discharge planning process to facilitate patient functionality within the community.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitating case management through collaboration with patients, families, and a multidisciplinary team.<\/li>\n<li>Expanding networks and strategic collaborations with community-based support agencies.<\/li>\n<li>Conducting teaching sessions to deliver information related to the field of medical social work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Department of Medical Social Work was established concurrently with the founding of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (formerly known as the University Hospital) in the year of 1968. Initially known as the Medical Welfare Unit and later as the PTJ of Medical Welfare, the department underwent development and was renamed to Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4166,"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4164\/revisions\/4166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomalique.com\/medicalsocialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}