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Use of Simulation Methods in Social Work Research on Clinical Decision-Making

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While simulation has become an increasingly sophisticated and standardized method of clinical teaching and performance assessment in social work, unlike other clinical and health care fields, it is not generally used in other areas of social work research. Yet, it has the potential to address challenges and limitations in several areas of social work research. For instance, in the area of professional decision-making, research has demonstrated high variability in the conclusions of not only different professionals encountering the same case, but also in a single professional encountering a case at different times. However, research that would elucidate differences in professional decision-making is complicated by logistical and ethical constraints of real-life practice, and the fact that professional decision-making occurs outside the realm of conscious deliberation rendering the individual unable to fully articulate the process by which they arrived at their final conclusion. Simulation research methods can address some of these challenges through providing the opportunity to: observe professional decision-making in real time; reflect on the decisional process while reviewing recordings; and compare the approaches of professionals to standardized cases. This paper reviews the use of simulation research methods in clinical and health science fields and the types of simulation research. It then describes the manner in which simulation methods have been applied to a specific program of social work research that examines professional decision-making in high stakes situations, contributing to clinical practice.

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Regehr, C., Birze, A. Use of Simulation Methods in Social Work Research on Clinical Decision-Making. Clin Soc Work J 49, 244–255 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-020-00778-5

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