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Gaumard Demo
WISER Hosts Gaumard Scientific Simulator DemonstrationsWISER Highlights Winter 2023WISER strives to maintain its’ leadership in understanding the most current technology available in the simulation industry. This time, the need is personal. WISER is expanding. In...
WISER Hosts Simulation User Group Meeting
WISER Hosts Simulation User Group MeetingWISER Highlights Winter 2023More than 60 simulation educators from the tristate area came to WISER on Thursday October 13, 2022, for an entire day of education dedication simulation-based training. Dr. Paul Phrampus (WISER...
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...
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,...
Early Mornings for Simulation Operations Team
Early Mornings for Simulation Operations Team WISER Highlights Spring 2022The time is 5:45 am. Most simulation centers are closed, lights off, and staff are sound asleep. Not WISER! Director of Operations Tom Dongilli and Manager of Simulation Services Martin Mayer...
Another Successful IMSH for WISER and SIMS!
This year’s record attendance at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in San Diego provided great interest for our Simulation Information Management System (SIMS).
Director’s Corner – Fall 2023
Greetings Friends of WISER! In this edition we are happy to welcome several amazing new team members to our ever-expanding WISER staff! We continue to thrive because we have such an excellent team with extraordinary capabilities and dedication to our mission focusing...
WISER expands team with new staff members
The WISER team is growing! In the past few months, we have had the pleasure of welcoming several new staff members to our team. WISER strives to maintain the highest level of support across our many courses and satellite centers. To help alleviate these growing...
WISER’s Curriculum Team is Getting Up Close and Personal
WISER’s Curriculum team shows a dedication to excellence! Over the past few months, WISER has begun a thorough examination of the courses we offer, both onsite at our Oakland campus as well as at our satellite centers across Pittsburgh. In addition to the ongoing...
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