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Monday, June 24, 2024

CASWE Presentations

Last week a few of us from the Lab had a wonderful time presenting at the Canadian Association for Social Work Education's annual conference in Montreal. We also facilitated a conversation circle on the use of simulation in Canadian schools of social work. It was wonderful to hear about the ways simulation is being... More

Monday, June 5, 2023

Recent Presentation- Is Critical Reflection Enough?

          On Friday June 2nd, SIM Lab Research Manager Katherine Occhiuto presented at the Council for Social Work Education’s Annual Conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at York University. The presentation titled Is Critical Reflection Enough? Teaching Reflective Practice as a Practice with... More

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Welcome Sarah Tarshis

This week we excitedly welcome Sarah Tarshis to the SIM Social Work Research Lab. Sarah joins as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. In addition to supporting a variety of projects at the lab, Sarah will also be leading a study that examines service response to intimate partner violence (IPV) and trauma using simulation-based research methodologies. Welcome... More

Monday, July 20, 2020

Online Assessment of Pandemic-Triggered Stress: Towards Developing Assistive AI Technologies

Our lab director Kenta Asakura, alongside Amedeo D'Angiulii have embarked on a new online simulation study, Online Assessment of Pandemic-Triggered Stress: Towards Developing Assistive AI Technologies. This study seeks to develop assistive technologies to support therapists in their online counselling sessions. More about this exciting project, as... More

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Summer Updates

While COVID-19 has interrupted our physical presence in the SIM lab, it has remained a busy time for our team. Research Our lab director Kenta Asakura has embarked on a new online simulation study, Online Assessment of Pandemic-Triggered Stress: Towards Developing Assistive AI Technologies, alongside Amedeo D’Angiulli. Funded by Carleton... More

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Improvisation, Collaboration and Social Work

(Photograph courtesy of Tim Marshall) On March 4, 2020, Clay Drinko of Psychology Today published an article highlighting how tenets of theatrical improvisation can help social workers co-create meaning with clients. There are significant intersections between social work and improvisation, a crucial one being the fact that engaging in an... More

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Simulation-Based Research

Funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, SIM Social Work Research Lab aims to strengthen, innovate, and mobilize simulation-based research on social work education and practice. This is the first and only social work-specific, simulation-based research lab in North America. We engage in two types of research: (1) research on... More

Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Benefits of Standardized Clients: Evidence from the Medical World

(Photograph courtesy of MacEwan University) On February 21, 2020, CBC published an article on the value of standardized patients in the medical field. Actors take on the role of these standardized patients and play out a range of situations with medical practitioners – including difficult and high-stress scenarios. These standardized patients... More

Thursday, November 28, 2019

OSCE Adapted for Social Work

Over the next two weeks the halls of Dunton tower are an especially exciting place- it's OSCE-SW time! Developed at Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, the OSCE-SW provides students with an opportunity to engage with a simulated client and then receive feedback. More information can be found here. Pictured below are some the Examiners,... More

Monday, June 17, 2019

Lab Director, Kenta Asakura Elected to OCSWSSW Council

This spring our lab director Kenta Asakura was elected to the Council for The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). The OCSWSSW "is the regulatory body for social workers and social service workers in Ontario". Kenta brings to this position a rich background as a practitioner, social work educator and... More

Monday, June 10, 2019

CASWE at CONGRESS 2019

The SIM Social Work Research Lab team just returned from beautiful British Columbia for CASWE at Congress 2019. Kenta, Sarah and Katherine presented on their work using AI to create foundational learning opportunities, and Kenta and Sarah presented an additional paper on teaching clinical social work from a social justice perspective (a copy is... More

Monday, February 11, 2019

Sarah Todd Wins 3M Teaching Fellowship

The SIM Social Work Research Lab team congratulates our Co-Director Sarah Todd on being awarded the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. The 3M is the highest recognition of teaching in Canada. To read more about this recognition and Sarah's approach to the classroom visit here, and to watch a short video visit here. Congratulations, we... More

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