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Congratulations to Dr. Neal Benedict and team on their recent 2017 Award for Excellence in Assessment by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy!
Congratulations to Dr. Neal Benedict et al. on their recent 2017 Award for Excellence in Assessment by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy! The award was for the Blended Simulation Progress Testing for Assessment of Practice Readiness program...
WISER was pleased to support the first ever Pre-Medical Organization of Minority Students: Physiology (POMS PHYS) course!
WISER was pleased to support the first ever Pre-Medical Organization of Minority Students: Physiology (POMS PHYS) course for the University of Pittsburgh! On Friday April 14th, 28 University of Pittsburgh Undergraduate students that are members of the...
WISER is pleased to participate in the 15th Annual Safar Symposium on May 23rd, 2017.
WISER is pleased to participate in the 15th Annual Safar Symposium on May 23rd, 2017. The Safar Symposium is a two day multi department research conference held jointly by the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and the Peter M. Winter Institute for...
WISER Fellow Dr. Lendis Wu Earns Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) Certification!
Improve. Strengthen. Encourage. Foster. Four words that attribute the benefits of the Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification. Recently, WISER Fellow Dr. Lendis Wu earned his CHSE certification. Individuals who receive the...
Dr. Phrampus was recently inducted as an inaugural Fellow into the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Academy.
Dr. Paul Phrampus was recently inducted as an inaugural Fellow into the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Academy. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare Board of Directors announced the first group of Fellows in January 2017 at the International Meeting on...
Jon Mazur has successfully completed the Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) certification.
WISER is proud to announce that Sr. Simulation Specialist Jon Mazur has successfully completed the Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) certification administered through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Jon has been a valued...
WISER is excited to work with the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetist (PANA)!
WISER is on the road again! WISER is excited to work with the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetist (PANA). Contracted to provide workshops, WISER is proud to provide PANA participants a hands on learning experience using simulation. WISER enhances the...
WISER plays critical role in UPMC Ebola Treatment Facility Designation
WISER played a critical role in the UPMC Ebola Treatment Facility Designation this past fall. To learn more about what went in to receiving this designation, please read Allison Hydzik's article, "UPMC Earns Ebola Treatment Facility Designation, Incorporated...
Max Leake, Web Developer/Multimedia Application Developer is our WISER staff spotlight for March.
Our WISER staff spotlight this month is Max Leake, Web Developer/Multimedia Application Developer. Max started working at WISER as an independent contractor in April 2006 and was hired full time in October 2006. Prior to working at WISER, he owned his own...
Michael Rodgers, BS, EMT-P joined the WISER team as a Simulation Specialist in January, 2017.
Michael Rodgers, BS, EMT-P joined the WISER team as a Simulation Specialist in January, 2017. Mr. Rodgers has completed the Bachelor of Science in Emergency Medicine with Honors from the University of Pittsburgh. Michael is a BLS and ACLS Instructor with...
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...
SIMS 3.0 WISER Highlights Summer 2022
WISER Migrates to SIMS 3.0 WISER Highlights Summer 2022Last month marked a major milestone for WISER and SIMS 3.0. WISER IT staff migrated the 17 years of WISER SIMS 2.0 data to the new SIMS 3.0 platform. The Simulation Information Management System (SIMS) is the...
Rapid Response Symposium WISER Highlights Summer 2022
WISER Leads the First WISER / UPMC Rapid Response Symposium WISER Highlights Summer 2022Mr. Smith, a 71-year-old male patient, enters the hospital with the need for an emergent appendectomy. Shortly after surgery, he arrives at the unit and is doing well. About an...
Max Leake Retirement. Congratulations, Max!
Congratulations, Max! WISER Highlights Summer 2022Congratulations to WISER’s Max Leake, who retires in September after more than 16 years of service with WISER! As part of the Curriculum Development team, Max has worked as a web and multimedia application developer,...
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