2019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). The award, created in partnership with Desire2Learn (D2L), recognizes educators who are redefining the learning experience of students through innovative practices.
Peisachovich received the award for her work incorporating innovation using simulation and simulated based milieus into the nursing curriculum and at the pan-University level. As a nurse and educator, Peisachovich says she has come across many people from all walks of life. This journey, she says, has taught her that people – be they patients or students – may forget the medication, treatments, tests or assignments they were given but they will remember other aspects of their encounters. “They will remember my approach to patient care or student learning,” says Peisachovich. “I have come to understand that empathy and emotion play a critical role in our ability to have a lasting impact in the context of teaching and learning. Developing empathy is a core element to developing emotional intelligence, which in turn sets the stage for becoming professionally competent.”