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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

WISER is excited to welcome Dr. Ni Zheng (Jane)! Dr. Zheng has just completed her first week of a one month mini-preceptorship, as part of the WISER Visiting Scholars program.  Jane joins us from Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University in Shenzhen China,...

WISER is looking forward to IMSH 2018 in Los Angeles, CA!  IMSH is a great opportunity for WISER staff to expand our knowledge base, learn about the new and upcoming advances in simulation technology, learn about current educational best practices, networking,...

WISER was pleased to provide a vendor in-service to our faculty and staff with Gaumard Scientifics to better understand their Victoria, their newest birthing simulator, as well as Super Tory, a high fidelity simulator for newborns. According to Gaumard, Victoria...