Guidelines for Advancing Clinical Social Work Practice Through Articulating Practice Competencies: The Toronto Simulation Model

Demonstrating LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practice in Groups:: Developing Competence through Simulation-Based Learning

“…SBL is an innovative pedagogical approach to teaching clinical practice. Utilized in other healthcare disciplines (e.g., nursing, medicine; Pittiglio & Lidtke 2021 ), this experiential teaching method has been recognized for its effectiveness in promoting social work student competence (Bogo et al, 2021 ; Kourgiantakis et al, 2020 ). SBL provides students with the opportunity to engage in simulated client interactions with a trained actor (i.e., a standardized patient) in scenarios that resemble real-life practice situations (Craig et al, 2017 ).…”

“…With a few limitations to implementing SBL (e.g., resource-heavy and second-best to live clinical interaction), it also permits instructors to teach and assess actual practice in the classroom without a sole reliance on self-report only (Beddoe et al, 2011). SBL provides the opportunity for students to go beyond exposure to a practice experience that increases clinical knowledge, skills, and self-awareness (Bogo et al, 2021 ).…”