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Dr. Tram Duran earns Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award
Dr. Tram Duran earns Clerkship Preceptor of the Year AwardWISER Highlights Winter 2023WISER faculty member Tram Duran, MD, received the 2023 Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) Curriculum Colloquium. The...
Gaumard Demo
WISER Hosts Gaumard Scientific Simulator DemonstrationsWISER Highlights Winter 2023WISER strives to maintain its’ leadership in understanding the most current technology available in the simulation industry. This time, the need is personal. WISER is expanding. In...
WISER Hosts Simulation User Group Meeting
WISER Hosts Simulation User Group MeetingWISER Highlights Winter 2023More than 60 simulation educators from the tristate area came to WISER on Thursday October 13, 2022, for an entire day of education dedication simulation-based training. Dr. Paul Phrampus (WISER...
SIMS 2022 Wrap Up!
SIMS Improves in 2022, Offers More Tools To ClientsWISER Highlights Winter 2023As the new year begins, we reflect back at some of the highlights of SIMS over 2022. In addition to bringing on new clients, we also migrated over half a dozen existing clients to the new...
Rapid Response Symposium Wrap Up
Inaugural UPMC Employee Rapid Response Symposium A SuccessWISER Highlights Winter 2023There is a lot that must happen—and go well—when a medical emergency occurs in a hospital. WISER’s extensive work on assessment of medical emergencies through the In-Patient Crisis...
Director’s Corner Winter 2023
Director’s Corner with Dr. Paul PhrampusWISER Highlights Winter 2023Greetings Friends of WISER, We enjoyed a very busy fall at WISER. Starting with our most exciting news, WISER was successfully re-accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare in all areas of...
Staff Spotlight: Kimberly Mitchell WISER Highlights Summer 2022
Staff Spotlight: Kimberly MitchellWISER Highlights Summer 2022Position: Web Application Developer How would you describe your job to someone who’d never heard of it? I usually tell new people I meet that “I do computer programming for a medical simulation program...
SIMS 3.0 WISER Highlights Summer 2022
WISER Migrates to SIMS 3.0 WISER Highlights Summer 2022Last month marked a major milestone for WISER and SIMS 3.0. WISER IT staff migrated the 17 years of WISER SIMS 2.0 data to the new SIMS 3.0 platform. The Simulation Information Management System (SIMS) is the...
Rapid Response Symposium WISER Highlights Summer 2022
WISER Leads the First WISER / UPMC Rapid Response Symposium WISER Highlights Summer 2022Mr. Smith, a 71-year-old male patient, enters the hospital with the need for an emergent appendectomy. Shortly after surgery, he arrives at the unit and is doing well. About an...
Max Leake Retirement. Congratulations, Max!
Congratulations, Max! WISER Highlights Summer 2022Congratulations to WISER’s Max Leake, who retires in September after more than 16 years of service with WISER! As part of the Curriculum Development team, Max has worked as a web and multimedia application developer,...
WISER Welcomes Six Visiting Scholars
As a Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) fully accredited simulation center, it is part of our mission to contribute to the development and mentorship of the future generations of healthcare educators and researchers interested in developing and deploying...
Fellow Assists in Running WISER’s EPAM Class
Our Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) accredited Fellowship and Visiting Scholars Program provides one-of-a-kind learning opportunities for individuals interested in studying the application of simulation in healthcare education. One of our fellows, Dr....
WISER gains another Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS)
It is a pleasure to announce our own Clint McElroy is now a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS)! Clint is a dedicated member of WISER's team, and he consistently goes above and beyond in support of our mission to provide the highest quality...
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Course Back in November
We are excited to announce that the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) course is back at WISER on November 12th! While offering CE credit, POCUS aims to teach practicing physicians and Advanced Practice Providers all the fundamental and frequently used ultrasound...
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