Podcast: Using simulation to teach holistic competence: Interview with Marion Bogo and Toula Kourgiantakis
Interview By: Jonathan Singer, Ph. D., LCSW
Submitted by: Amber Snyder, University of Pittsburgh
This episode of the Social Work Podcast features an interview with Marion Bogo and Toula Kourgiantakis from the University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. The podcast discusses using simulation in social work education.
The interview focuses on how simulation can be used to teach holistic competence. They talked about how in the late 2000s, they recognized that there were several problems with the existing model of teaching students practice skills. Their solution was to simulate real-world problems so that students could practice specific skills, get feedback, and improve their practice. In today's episode, Marion and Toula detail the steps necessary for creating simulations, how they involved field supervisors in the development of client simulations, the iterative nature of improving the simulations over time, and an innovative approach to help students learn knowledge and skills through practice and feedback they call "Practice Friday."
Listen to the full podcast here.
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