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New Healthy Simulation Article Published
Be sure to check out our newest Healthy Simulation article, "UPMC's WISER Sim Center Can Support Your Patient Safety Program" This article explores the ways in which WISER supports patient safety initiatives across the health system, and how we offer staff and faculty...
WISER Spreads Patient Safety Solutions Globally
Greetings Friends, I hope this message finds you well. I have just returned from Sao Paulo, Brazil where I had the honor and pleasure to serve as the keynote speaker for the Latin American Congress of the Simulation Users’ Network (SUN). The enthusiasm and...
WISER Says Farewell to Fellow Thanat Tangpaisarn
When Thanat Tangpaisarn, MD arrived at WISER a year ago, he had six goals: Develop the essential skills to be a simulation educator. Learn how to establish a simulation center. Conduct research on simulation with the WISER team. Earn CHSE. Write a book about...
WISER Promotes Safar Symposium and New Patient Safety Report
Every spring, the WISER team looks forward to hosting the annual Safar Symposium! The Safar Symposium gives us an opportunity to recognize leading work in the realm of healthcare and promote simulation-based education programs to support patient safety initiatives....
Using IT Tools to Manage Manikin Maintenance
At WISER, we have approximately 70 manikins across our main facility and 18 satellite locations. To ensure optimal performance and longevity, we aim to perform preventative maintenance (PM) on each manikin twice a year. Keeping track of all these tasks can be quite...
WISER’s Simulation Specialists Support Patient Safety Initiatives
Our operations specialists are instrumental in ensuring all classes run smoothly by programming and running scenarios, helping instructors run realistic simulation-based training events, and performing maintenance and repairs on simulators. Over the past few months,...
New Course: Central Line – ANES VR
One of our newest courses, Central Line - ANES VR, utilizes virtual reality to teach students enrolled in the anesthesia bootcamp how to properly place central lines. Just like simulation, virtual reality can be a great tool to help train, educate, and improve the...
Xiangya Scholars visit WISER
Through the collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and China's prestigious Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, WISER was able to show visiting Xiangya Scholars a variety of procedures on our simulators and task trainers!...
WISER showcases one-of-a-kind Radiology Contrast Reaction course
WISER and UPMC physicians showed great teamwork and collaboration at the 2024 Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Breast Imaging Symposium in Montreal, Canada! This symposium gives radiologists the opportunity to improve interpretive accuracy, apply new technologies, and...
First Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) course held
WISER Collaborates with Children’s for ENT APP Course
WISER recently collaborated with the talented team at Children's Hospital to deliver an exceptional simulation-based training course designed specifically for ENT APP Fellows. This course focused on developing and refining skills in flexible nasolaryngoscopy while...
Dr. Salim Completes WISER Fellowship
Dr. Hafizah Adbul Salim, an Emergency Medicine Physician and Medical Lecturer at the University Putra Malaysia, brought her expertise in critical care, life support, trauma, and clinical simulation to advance WISER's mission of supporting simulation...
iSIM is Coming Back to WISER!
Get ready to develop your skills as a simulation instructor with iSIM! This dynamic two-day course provides healthcare educators and novice simulationists with the foundational knowledge needed to design, run, and debrief effective simulation scenarios. From...
Neurologic Emergencies Course Created
Simulation-based healthcare education programs are one of the most effective ways to facilitate impactful and engaging learning. While these programs are commonly used to orient and train nursing and medical students, simulation can be a powerful tool to...
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