Harnessing the Power of Simulation

Advancing Social Work Practice through Hospital Committees

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10554642
AutoresMatthew Tvedte (Social Work Department, Boston Children’s Hospital Matthew Tvedte, LICSW, , Boston, MA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Allison Henry (0009-0000-1772-3190, Social Work Department, Boston Children’s Hospital Allison Henry, LICSW, , Boston, MA, USA), Amanda Meers (0000-0002-2819-3268, Social Work Department, Boston Children’s Hospital Amanda Meers, LICSW, , Boston, MA, USA), Lisa Volpigno (Social Work Department, Boston Children’s Hospital Lisa Volpigno, LICSW, are social workers, , Boston, MA, USA), Pamela Chamorro (Social Work Department, Boston Children’s Hospital Pamela Chamorro, LICSW, is senior director, , Boston, MA, USA), Matthew Taylor (0000-0003-3374-9598, Immersive Design Systems, Boston Children’s Hospital Matthew Taylor, LICSW, are immersive design specialists, , Boston, MA, USA), Brianna O’Connell (Immersive Design Systems, Boston Children’s Hospital Brianna O’Connell, MS, CCCS, are immersive design specialists, , Boston, MA, USA), Abigail M Ro (0000-0003-3706-4166, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania Abigail M. Ross, PhD, MPH, LICSW, is associate professor, , Philadelphia, PA, USA), Angus Ross (University of Pennsylvania), Abigail M Ross (School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania Abigail M. Ross, PhD, MPH, LICSW, is associate professor, , Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Año2026
Volumen71
Número2
Páginas176-184
Fecha de publicación2026-01-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/swag008
PMID41747208
OpenAlexW7131796651
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas19

Committees are a core component of organizational infrastructure and clinical governance in health and hospital systems and a viable mechanism through which to accomplish goals, facilitate departmental initiatives, produce deliverables, and improve departmental functioning. In this article, authors describe the development, evolution, and activities of a hospital social work department simulation (SW SIM) committee, which culminated in the production and deployment of a simulation-based learning (SBL) course designed specifically for social workers employed in a large, urban, quaternary pediatric hospital. With its focus on suicide risk assessment and treatment competencies, a priority identified through departmental surveys in conjunction with social work (SW) leadership, this course was the first to be developed at the institution specifically for social workers that targeted psychosocial (as opposed to medical or interprofessional) competencies. Using development and production of the SBL suicide risk assessment and management course as a case example, this article illustrates the SW SIM committee's collaboration processes with the SW department, SW leadership, key content experts, and the institution's simulation program. The article concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and factors to consider when engaging in committee-led departmental initiatives such as SBL course development

Corporate governance · Institution · Power (physics · Psychosocial · Software deployment · Work (physics · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work