Dr. Paul E. Phrampus, FACEP, FSSH, is the Director of UPMC’s Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER Center), as well as a Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology of the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine and Medical Director for Patient Safety at UPMC. Sharing his passion for [...]

Healthcare Simulation champions looking for a leg up in technology operations should immediately consider previewing the online TechSim course modules available from UPMC’s WISER Simulation Center. These complimentary medical simulation modules allow participants to experience a portion of the larger TechSim course — at no cost! Today we take a closer look at the TechSim [...]

Based upon the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s (SSH) CHSOS blueprints, WISER is pleased to offer the global healthcare simulation community the opportunity to enroll in their Online TechSim Program. The Tech Sim Online program was designed to help those who are new to the clinical simulation industry or new to the role of simulation [...]

UPMC’s Medical Director of Patient Safety and Director of the WISER Simulation Center, Dr. Paul E. Phrampus MD, recently shared his AHRQ article “Building a Safety Program in a Vast Health Care Network”, which highlights the unique needs of patient safety, workforce training, and medical simulation utilization when considering vast institutional healthcare networks. Below we [...]