During the coronavirus pandemic, self-care practice was more than ever underscored for social work students as they have encountered increasing stress in their personal life, schoolwork, and professional practice. These stressors have been interweaved with social problems, further increasing the pressure on them. For social work educators, this situation highlights the necessity of developing students’ self-care competency. This brief note reflects upon the challenges we face in integrating self-care components in social policy courses since the outbreak of the pandemic and suggests that social work self-care education can be broadened in terms of purpose, scope, and content in the future.

在冠状病毒大流行期间，社会工作学生的自我保健实践比以往任何时候都更加强调，因为他们在个人生活、学业和专业实践中遇到了越来越大的压力。这些压力源与社会问题交织在一起，进一步增加了他们的压力。对于社会工作教育者来说，这种情况凸显了培养学生自我照顾能力的必要性。这份简要说明反映了自大流行爆发以来我们在将自理内容纳入社会政策课程中所面临的挑战，并建议未来可以在目的、范围和内容方面拓宽社会工作自理教育。