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WISER Welcomes Clint McElroy- Simulation Specialist
WISER is excited to welcome our newest team member, Clinton (Clint) McElroy! Clint joins WISER as a Simulation Specialist following six years as an Anesthesia Technician. The past five years, Clint worked for UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital which helped to educate him on...
WISER Fellowship Alumna to Participate in 18th Annual Safar Symposium
WISER Fellowship Alumna to Participate in 18th Annual Safar SymposiumWISER Highlights Spring 2021This year’s 18th Annual Safar Symposium is a two-day virtual and FREE event, with the 2nd day focusing on healthcare simulation. WISER leads the Simulation Lecture...
WISER Academy- Providing Skills and Knowledge to Healthcare Education Professionals
WISER Academy- Providing Skills and Knowledge to Healthcare Education ProfessionalsWISER Highlights Spring 2021WISER is excited to announce the upcoming launch of WISER Academy – a resource to provide skills and knowledge to healthcare education and training...
Simulation Information Management (SIMS)- Let SIMS Manage Your Center
Simulation Information Management (SIMS)- Let SIMS Manage Your CenterWISER Highlights Spring 2021This year marks the 20th anniversary of the initial launch of Simulation Information Management (SIMS) – it’s hard to believe that SIMS already has two decades of user...
Director’s Corner with Dr. Paul Phrampus
Director’s Corner with Dr. Paul PhrampusWISER Highlights Spring 2021Greetings 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...
WISER Director Dr. Paul Phrampus Earns Certified Physician Executive (CPE) Credentials
WISER Director Dr. Paul Phrampus Earns Certified Physician Executive (CPE) CredentialsWISER Highlights Spring 2021WISER would like to congratulate our Director, Dr. Paul Phrampus, MD on receiving his Certified Physician Executive (CPE) credential from the American...
Congratulations Tom Dongilli on earning Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced™ (CHSOS-A™)
WISER is pleased to announce that our Director of Operations, Thomas “Tom” Dongilli, AT, FSSH has earned his Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced™ (CHSOS-A™) credential from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare! This newly created...
Congratulations Tom Dongilli on earning Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced? (CHSOS-A?)
WISER welcomes our first Fellow of 2021!
WISER is excited to welcome our first Fellow of 2021, Dr. Jiung Na. He is joining us from Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in South Korea where he is currently an assistant professor in the department of Emergency Medicine. Previously Dr. Na was an EMT Instructor and ACLS/BLS...
WISER welcomes our newest scholar Dr. Mikang Kim
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...
WISER Works With UPMC Magee Staff to Film Video
To help educate OB scrub techs, RNs, and LPNs across the UPMC health system, WISER recently worked with the talented clinical staff at Magee Women's Hospital to create a video walk-through outlining the devices, instruments, and responsibilities of a scrub person...
New Satellite Center Opening Soon
The grand opening of our newest satellite center is almost here! For the past year, we've been working with the dedicated team at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine to build a state-of-the-art simulation lab that best meets the needs of students and...
Summer at WISER Brought Many Achievements
Greetings friends of WISER, There is something irresistible about the allure of a space newly reconstructed, with the smell of fresh paint, and boxes arriving filled with new equipment and toys that will delight our faculty, as well as the current and future...
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