by John Lutz | Jan 7, 2021 | WISER News
WISER is excited to welcome two new staff members to our team, Heather Donovan and Michelle Franco! Heather Donovan joins us as our newest Simulation Specialist following a lengthy career at UPMC as a Certified Anesthesia Technologist. Her wealth of medical knowledge...
by Bianca Caruso | Dec 10, 2020 | WISER News
In 2019, WISER and our 8 satellite centers provided support for 2,003 classes and reached 5,887 unique participants. During 2020, even with the many restrictions and hurdles that Covid has placed upon us, we are still on track to achieve similar numbers. Beyond our...
by Bianca Caruso | Dec 10, 2020 | WISER News
We are excited to announce that WISER is one of the first simulation centers to receive accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) for our Fellowship program. WISER is now one of only a few centers in the world accredited by SSH in all five...
by Bianca Caruso | Dec 10, 2020 | WISER News
The New Year will bring with it a brand new version of our Simulation Information Management System (SIMS). This is a complete, from the ground up rewrite of the system that we, and many other simulation programs, use to manage our day to day operations. SIMS combines...
by Bianca Caruso | Dec 10, 2020 | WISER News
Many people associate WISER with our primary simulation center located in the heart of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC campuses. A less known fact is that WISER also maintains 8 additional satellite center locations spread throughout the UPMC Health System...
by Bianca Caruso | Dec 10, 2020 | WISER News
Greetings Friends of WISER, Well, here we are getting ready to put a wrap on a year filled with challenges and opportunities like no other that I can remember – it is probably safe to say that no one is sad to see 2020 come to an end! First of all, I am happy to...
