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New Staff Joins WISER – Spring 2023
WISER Welcomes New Members to StaffWISER Highlights Spring 2023Spring is a time for new beginnings, a fitting time to welcome WISER’s three newest staff members to the team! Gwen Titley Stonesifer and Kaylee Peden were hired to the Education Development Team, while...
Director’s Corner Spring 2023
Director’s Corner with Dr. Paul PhrampusWISER Highlights Spring 2023Greetings Friends of WISER, Wow! The last few months have been exciting for WISER. Our team had the opportunity to attend IMSH and share the word about WISER, our tools, and programs with thousands of...
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...
WISER Makes List for HealthySim’s Top 25 Webinars of 2024
We are excited to share that WISER has made the list for HealthySim's Top 25 Webinars of 2024! This webinar, "Mastering Learning Engagement: The Psychological Contract of Medical Simulation," was led by our director Dr. Paul Phrampus and focused on the importance of...
Former Fellow Publishes Research on Teaching Fiber-optic Intubation to SRNAs
A recent study, co-authored by one of our former fellows Dr. Thanat Tangpaisarn, along with our Director Dr. Paul Phrampus and Senior Associate Director Dr. John O'Donnell, examines the impact of simulation-based education on teaching fiber-optic intubation (FOI) to...
WISER Collaborates with Children’s for ENT APP Course
WISER recently collaborated with the talented team at Children's Hospital to deliver an exceptional simulation-based training course designed specifically for ENT APP Fellows. This course focused on developing and refining skills in flexible nasolaryngoscopy while...
Dr. Salim Completes WISER Fellowship
Dr. Hafizah Adbul Salim, an Emergency Medicine Physician and Medical Lecturer at the University Putra Malaysia, brought her expertise in critical care, life support, trauma, and clinical simulation to advance WISER's mission of supporting simulation...
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