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WISER is excited to welcome two new staff members to our team, Heather Donovan and Michelle Franco!
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...
WISER’s Educational Development Team Expands with Growing Demands
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...
WISER Celebrates Fellowship Accreditation
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...
A New Version of SIMS in 2021!
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...
WISER Satellite Center Support
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...
Director’s Corner with Dr. Paul Phrampus
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 share...
Congratulations Jon Mazur!
With over twenty plus years of Simulation experience, our senior-most Simulation Operations Specialist will be retiring from WISER. Jon Mazur will be retiring from his full-time position at the end of September. Prior to working at WISER, Jon was a...
WISER Bids Farewell to Visiting Scholar Dr. Chen
A year has flown by and it is time for us to say goodbye to our Visiting Scholar Dr. Chuanhuang ?Tony? Chen. Tony started his Fellowship here at WISER in December of 2019 with many goals he wished to accomplish. We are happy to have been able to help Tony accomplish...
Bianca has assumed a new position with the expanding Education department at WISER.
We are excited to announce that Bianca Caruso has assumed a new position with us at WISER. Bianca has become integrated into supporting our course development and proved to be engaged and quite adept, and passionate with the work. She also quickly developed...
Jon has been instrumental in the development of WISER.
With over twenty plus years of Simulation experience, our senior most Simulation Operations Specialist will be retiring from WISER. Jon Mazur will be retiring from his full-time position at the end of September. Prior to working at WISER, Jon was a...
Fellow Passes CHSE exam
We are excited to share that one of our fellows, Dr. Hafizah Abdul-Salim, has passed the Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) exam! As a CHSE, Dr. Salim demonstrates her dedication to improving healthcare simulation education and strengthening patient...
Promoting Inclusivity Through Simulation
Every day at WISER, we see the impact simulation-based healthcare training has on learning and skill acquisition. From nursing students to practicing professionals, simulation gives participants a safe learning environment that acts as a facsimile of...
iSIM Returns to WISER
Check out our newest Healthy Simulation article, "Improving Simulation Instructional Methods (iSIM) Course is Back at UPMC Wiser!" Detailing how iSIM provides the foundational knowledge needed to create, run, and debrief successful simulation-based healthcare...
Virtual and Augmented Reality Growing in Simulation
Virtual and augmented reality are growing technologies in the sphere of simulation, and we are happy to show our visiting scholars how they can be utilized! Hololens, Google Lens, and Vimedix are just a few examples of how VR and AR can be useful in healthcare...
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