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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Our Lab Director Kenta Asakura and Lab Affiliate Marion Bogo recently published a special issue in the Clinical Social Work Journal, Volume 49, issue 2. This special issue is the first of its kind to canvas contemporary scholarly works on simulation in advancing our professional commitment to clinical social work education and practice. This... More
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Friday, May 21, 2021
The Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) has awarded Marion Bogo (Sim Lab Affiliate), with the 2020 OASW Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes a social worker who has demonstrated outstanding achievements and distinguished contributions to the social work profession in Ontario. As an educator and researcher, Marion has... More
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Edited by Lab Director Kenta Asakura and Lab Affiliate Marion Bogo, we are proud to announce the publication of Volume 49, issue 2 of the Clinical Social Work Journal. Through the 16 articles in this special issue, this edited collection explores the use of simulation in advancing clinical social work education and practice. Articles... More
Monday, February 1, 2021
This summer our lab Director Kenta Asakura was the recipient of the 2020 FPA Teaching Fellowship. The FPA Teaching Fellowship provides opportunities for recipients to innovate and demonstrate leadership in teaching via a project grant. Kenta was recently interviewed about the progress of his teaching innovation: a collaboration with community... More
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
New article alert! Members of the lab recently published A Call to Action on Artificial Intelligence and Social Work Education: Lessons Learned from A Simulation Project Using Natural Language Processing. This paper discusses our university-industry partnership to develop an AI-based simulation platform. We critically reflect on this project, and... More
Friday, October 23, 2020
New article alert! Various lab affiliates and our lab director recently published: Student's Conceptualization of Culture and Diversity with a Simulated Client. This study assess students' conceptualization of culture and diversity factors following a simulated interview. More can be found... More
Monday, October 12, 2020
Interested in the benefits of benefits of observational learning in simulation? Members of the Lab alongside some of our research affiliates recently published Observational learning in Simulation-Based Social Work Education: Comparison of interviewers and Observers. Using social learning and social cognitive theories as a theoretical framework,... More
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Our Lab's Director, Dr. Kenta Asakura, alongside several members of the Lab have published Using Simulation as an Investigative Methodology in Researching Competencies of Clinical Social Work Practice: A Scoping Review. This article reports a scoping review designed to synthesize current literature that used simulation as an investigative... More
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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
Saturday, February 29, 2020
(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
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
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