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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Congratulations! Winners of 2024 Best Research Note

Congratulations! On December 10th 2024, the academic social work journal Families in Society awarded one of our articles, Guidelines for Using Simulations in Qualitative Research on Social Work Practice Competencies, as the 2024 Best Research Note published with Families in Society! The article was authored by the Lab's Founding Director Kenta... More

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Now Available—Simulation and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

New article alert! Our Lab Research Associate Sarah Tarshis, alongside other scholars including the Lab's Founding Director Kenta Asakura, recently published the article Using Simulation to Train Service Providers in Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Trauma. The article was published in the Families in Society journal, and it... More

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Join us! Virtual presentation at ICQI 2024

Are you attending the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry's (ICQI) 2024 virtual conference? Join us virtually at ICQI on Thursday May 30th 2024 at 2PM EST for a presentation from the SIM Lab's recent work! Our Lab Co-Director Katherine Occhiuto will be presenting "Are the promises of reflective social work practice more assumed than... More

Monday, May 13, 2024

Join us! Two Presentations at CASWE on Simulation

Come join us in Montreal, Quebec from June 17-20 2024 for The Canadian Association for Social Work Education's (CASWE) 2024 annual conference: Social Work's Role in Transforming the Present for a Sustainable Future! In Montreal? Come join us! Members of the SIM Lab will be presenting two presentations. The first presentation will be led... More

Monday, May 6, 2024

Now Available—Reflecting on Reflection in Clinical Social Work

New article alert! Have you seen our new publication in The British Journal of Social Work? Our Lab Co-Director Katherine Occhiuto, Research Associate Sarah Tarshis, Director Sarah Todd, and Lab Manager and Research Coordinator Ruxi Gheorghe recently published an article! The article is titled Reflecting on Reflection in Clinical Social Work:... More

Monday, January 15, 2024

Recent Presentation—The Role of Supervision in Addressing Uncertainty in Practice

On Saturday January 13th 2024, SIM Lab Manager and Research Coordinator Ruxi Gheorghe presented at the Society for Social Work and Research's (SSWR) annual conference in Washington, DC. The presentation, written by SIM Lab Research Associate Dr. Sarah Tarshis and Ruxi Gheorghe, was titled Insights and Reflections from Social Workers on the Role of... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Now Available—Student Research Peer Support Group

New article alert! Have you seen our new publication in the Social Work With Groups journal? Our Lab Manager and Research Coordinator Ruxi Gheorghe, Research Associate Sarah Tarshis, and Lab Co-Director Katherine Occhiuto recently published an article titled Student Research Peer Support Group: Reflections on Mutual Aid in Qualitative Research.... 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

Monday, April 24, 2023

Get to Know the SIM Lab through our New Video!

Ever wondered what the inside of the SIM Social Work Research Lab looks like? We are happy to release our new promotional video. In it, you can learn more about the work we do, how we got started, and the kind of research we hope to engage in. You can watch it here: Special... More

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Congratulations Lab Manager Ruxi Gheorghe, SSHRC Award Recipient!

Last month, our Lab Manager Ruxi Gheorghe was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her doctoral research. The objective of the Canada Graduate Scholarships–Doctoral (CGS-D) program is to promote continued excellence in Canadian research by rewarding and retaining high-caliber... More

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Recent Panel—Articulating and Evaluating Clinical Practice Competencies: Simulation-Based Research Studies

On November 11th 2022, Founding SIM Lab Co-Director Kenta Asakura, Lab Manager Ruxi Gheorghe, Lab Affiliate Barbara Lee, and Doctoral Candidate Michelle O'Kane facilitated a panel discussion at the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Anaheim, California. The panel, titled Articulating and Evaluating... More