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WISER Promotes Safar Symposium and New Patient Safety Report
Every spring, the WISER team looks forward to hosting the annual Safar Symposium! The Safar Symposium gives us an opportunity to recognize leading work in the realm of healthcare and promote simulation-based education programs to support patient safety initiatives....
Using IT Tools to Manage Manikin Maintenance
At WISER, we have approximately 70 manikins across our main facility and 18 satellite locations. To ensure optimal performance and longevity, we aim to perform preventative maintenance (PM) on each manikin twice a year. Keeping track of all these tasks can be quite...
WISER’s Simulation Specialists Support Patient Safety Initiatives
Our operations specialists are instrumental in ensuring all classes run smoothly by programming and running scenarios, helping instructors run realistic simulation-based training events, and performing maintenance and repairs on simulators. Over the past few months,...
New Course: Central Line – ANES VR
One of our newest courses, Central Line - ANES VR, utilizes virtual reality to teach students enrolled in the anesthesia bootcamp how to properly place central lines. Just like simulation, virtual reality can be a great tool to help train, educate, and improve the...
Xiangya Scholars visit WISER
Through the collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and China's prestigious Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, WISER was able to show visiting Xiangya Scholars a variety of procedures on our simulators and task trainers!...
WISER showcases one-of-a-kind Radiology Contrast Reaction course
WISER and UPMC physicians showed great teamwork and collaboration at the 2024 Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Breast Imaging Symposium in Montreal, Canada! This symposium gives radiologists the opportunity to improve interpretive accuracy, apply new technologies, and...
First Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) course held
21st annual Safar Symposium successful
Thank you to all the amazing presenters, facilitators, and participants that made the 21st annual Safar Symposium a success! For those that joined us at WISER, we hope you enjoyed learning about the impact simulation-based healthcare programs have on patient safety....
Get WISER for Healthcare Simulation Professional Development
We are pleased to share our newest article, "Get WISER for Healthcare Simulation Professional Development," is now available on HealthySimulation! This piece highlights a variety of professional development opportunities for healthcare educators available through...
Thanat Tangpaisarn’s Fellowship Ends
After a year of hard work and dedication, Thanat Tangpaisarn's fellowship at WISER is sadly coming to an end! Joining us last April, Thanat has worked tirelessly to become a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), and to develop the essential knowledge needed...
Utilizing Fruit as Task Trainers
Orange you glad we didn't say banana? We are happy to share how one of our courses for emergency medicine interns utilized fruit as task trainers to practice needle sticking! This course helps new doctors prepare for their clinical duties by introducing them to the...
WISER Hosts National CRNA Diversity Workshop
This past weekend, WISER worked in partnership with the Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program to host a National CRNA Diversity Workshop! From ultrasounds to airway management techniques, nearly 200 participants interested in applying to nurse anesthesia...
WISER Welcomes a New Fellow
Help us welcome our newest Fellow, Dr. Suwattana Klanarong! Dr. Klanarong is an accomplished instructor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Faculty of Medicine Buddhachinaraj Hospital, Naresuan University, in Thailand. During her year-long stay at WISER, Dr....
New Healthy Simulation Article Published
Be sure to check out our newest Healthy Simulation article, "UPMC's WISER Sim Center Can Support Your Patient Safety Program" This article explores the ways in which WISER supports patient safety initiatives across the health system, and how we offer staff and faculty...
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