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WISER Welcomes Visiting Physicians from Nazarbayev University School of Medicine
On April 6th, 2018, WISER Director of Operations Tom Dongilli hosted a tour of visiting physicians from Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Kazakhstan. As part of its ongoing collaborative efforts, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hosts visiting...
Operative Experience Demo
WISER staff, course directors, course instructors, and various clinical educators from UPMC and Pitt were invited to demonstrations of RealMom (a birthing simulator by Operative Experience). Demonstrations were conducted in WISER?s Clinical Skills Center and WISER...
WISER Faculty Awarded the Prestigious Rufus A. Lyman Award
Recently WISER faculty were award the prestigious Rufus A. Lyman Award for the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. The Lyman Award is the highest award in Pharmacy Education! The manuscript "Blended Simulation Progress...
2nd Year Clinical Procedures Course: Intravenous
WISER is hosting the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine?s 2nd Year Medical Students for their Clinical Procedures Course: Intravenous therapy. During the course, the participants receive didactic and hands on practice with IV task trainers on the...
WISER Reaccredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC has been re-accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare for a full five years. WISER successfully demonstrated compliance with the criteria and...
WISER Welcomes Delegates from Kazakhstan
Recently, WISER hosted a group of delegates from the University Medical Centers (UMC), a collection of hospitals associated with Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. The delegates were participating in a program organized through UPMC International that...
Trauma Training at UPMC Presbyterian
Recently WISER conducted a trauma training scenario in the trauma bay in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital?s Emergency Department. The course Director, Graciela Bauza, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, and Trauma Attending Physician...
WISER assists the UPMC Presbyterian Department of Radiology
WISER had the opportunity to participate in a course assessment activity at UPMC Presbyterian in the Department of Radiology. This assessment was evaluating the patient care outcomes and long-term knowledge retention of participants who have taken in the...
CHSOS Recertification
WISER would like to congratulate Tom Dongilli, AS, CHSOS, Director of Operations, and Kevin Miracle, MBA, CHSOS for successfully recertifying their Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) certification through the Society for Simulation in...
WISER Assists UPMC My Nursing Residency Program at UPMC Magee
WISER has the pleasure of participating in the "UPMC My Nursing Residency" program at Magee-Woman's Hospital of UPMC. During the session, WISER assisted in conducting a First Five Minutes simulation session to help the participants enhance their knowledge...
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...
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