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WISER staff will be in attendance of the the 2017 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH).
WISER will be attending and contributing to the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), which will be held January 28-February 1 in Orlando, FL. Presentations and workshops from the WISER staff range from the Course Development process to...
WISER Instructor Dr. Rick Henker and former Fellow Dr. Hiroko Iwashita Henker provided training in Cambodia.
Recently Dr. Rick Henker, Professor from the University and Pittsburgh School of Nursing and WISER Instructor, and former WISER fellow, Dr. Hiroko Iwashita Henker, traveled to Cambodia to provide a class on Crisis Team Management to the staff at Angkor Hospital for...
WISER’s Watson satellite center becomes an official FLS Testing Center.
WISER is proud to announce one of its satellite centers, the Charles G. Watson Surgical Education Center at UPMC, has become an official FLS Testing Center through the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons for the "hands-on" skills assessment...
WISER participates in the First Annual Med Ed Day.
On Friday September 30th 2016, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators sponsored the First Annual Med Ed Day. The day focused on the educational innovations of students, fellows, residents and faculty across the Schools of the...
WISER Participates in Wireless Simulator Demonstration
WISER recently had a demonstration of the Simulaids SMART STATMAN simulator. WISER is currently evaluating wireless simulators to address the significant increase of its in-situ programs over the past 2 years. Mobility, portability, features and usability are all...
The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes an article written by Dr. Phrampus and colleagues.
WISER Director, Dr. Paul Phrampus along with Tami Minnier, RN, MSN and Linda Waddell, RN, MSN recently had an article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The article which was published on September 20th,...
UPMC Joins Patient Safety Movement, Commits to Eliminating Patient Harm
Dr. Paul Phrampus and WISER mentioned in UPMC Extra! See below. In partnership with The Patient Safety Movement Coalition, UPMC and 1,700 hospitals worldwide have made a public and formal commitment to saving lives and promoting a culture of safety by achieving...
WISER Welcomes Usapan “Becky” Surabenjawong!
WISER welcomes new fellow Usapan "Becky" Surabenjawong, an MD from Thailand. Usapan will be with WISER for one year. Becky received her Doctorate in Medicine from Mahidol University, Siriraj Hospital located in Bangkok, Thailand. Currently Becky works with the risk...
Assessment, Debriefing, Comprehensive, and Development are just a few words that describe WISER’s Improving Simulation Instructional Methods (iSIM) course.
Assessment, Debriefing, Comprehensive, and Development are just a few words that describe WISER's Improving Simulation Instructional Methods (iSIM) course. iSIM is a three (3)-day immersive program designed to cover the fundamental skills for the creation and...
Our WISER staff spotlight this month is Jon Mazur, Simulation Specialist.
Our WISER staff spotlight this month is Jon Mazur, Simulation Specialist. Jon has been working at WISER for fourteen years. Prior to working at WISER, Jon was a Medical/Surgical Buyer at UPMC Presby/Montefiore. What are your responsibilities? As a...
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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