This article reports a scoping review designed to synthesize current literature that used simulation as an investigative methodology (simulation-based research; SBR) in researching practice competencies in clinical social work. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review framework, 24 articles were included in this scoping review. The majority of articles reported SBR studies conducted in Canada and the U.S. and were published in the last 10 years, signifying that this is a burgeoning area of research in clinical social work. Areas of clinical competencies included professional decision-making (33%), the role of cognition and emotion (21%), attending to culture and diversity (21%), and others, such as supervision skills (8%). Using qualitative (46%), quantitative (42%), and mixed methods (13%) in research design, more than half of the SBR studies reported in the selected articles used live actors (54%) to simulate a realistic practice situation for research. Selected articles also offered both benefits and limitations of SBR in social work. We offer suggestions for when to use SBR for research on clinical social work practice and strengthening a collaboration between clinicians and researchers in advancing practice-informed research.

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使用模拟作为研究临床社会工作实践能力的调查方法：范围审查

本文报告了一项范围界定审查，旨在综合当前文献，这些文献使用模拟作为调查方法（基于模拟的研究；SBR）来研究临床社会工作中的实践能力。遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的范围审查框架，本次范围审查包括 24 篇文章。大多数文章报道了在加拿大和美国进行的 SBR 研究，并在过去 10 年发表，这表明这是临床社会工作研究的一个新兴领域。临床能力领域包括专业决策 (33%)、认知和情感的作用 (21%)、关注文化和多样性 (21%) 以及其他方面，例如监督技能 (8%)。在研究设计中使用定性 (46%)、定量 (42%) 和混合方法 (13%)，在选定文章中报告的 SBR 研究中，超过一半使用真人演员 (54%) 来模拟现实的实践情况进行研究。选定的文章还提供了 SBR 在社会工作中的好处和局限性。我们就何时使用 SBR 进行临床社会工作实践研究以及加强临床医生和研究人员之间的合作以推进以实践为依据的研究提供建议。