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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...

WISER was please to host a demo of @LaerdalMedical Nursing Anne Simulator prototype and the Premature Anne SimPad compatible simulator.  A special thank you to Mellissa Steckel-Wanker, Regional Sales Manager with Laerdal for allowing the opportunity to learn more...

Dr. Abdulrahman Abdullah A. Sindi joins us from King Abdulaziz University Hospital, in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, where he is an attending emergency medicine physician and holds an academic position. His interest in medical teaching began in 2012 where he started his role...

Today is Eric Feltner's last day at WISER.  Even though his time with us was short, we are thankful for the opportunity to work with him and wish him luck in the future.  Please read on for Eric's thoughts on his WISER experience. "Although my time was short...

Did you know, that WISER has expanded its services to 8 additional satellite centers throughout UPMC as well as providing simulation services on site to more than a dozen UPMC hospitals?

WISER is proud to announce that our Associate Director of Nursing Programs and  Director of Research, John O'Donnell RN, CRNA, MSN, DRPH was honored in Pittsburgh Magazine's second annual Excellence in Nursing award.  On November 15, 2017, Dr....