Eva Peisachovich

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Nursing

Degrees

PhD - 2014
York University
Toronto, Canada

Biography

As a Registered Nurse my clinical background is in high acuity settings including cardiovascular care and intensive care. Over the course of my nursing career I have been exposed to many forms of teaching and learning within higher education milieus both as clinical nurse educator and nursing instructor, and have taught across various nursing programs including the Registered Practical Nursing program, the BScN program for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs), and the Second Entry and Collaborative BScN programs.  

My program of research as it has developed over the years is specifically focused on exploring experiential education approaches to both foster student success and engage students in active learning. My research work began with exploring IENs’ experiences and understanding of clinical judgment within a simulation-based environment to support their transition to the Ontario workforce. This work led to investigating interactive ways to engage IENs in preparing for the licensing exam.  

Curenlty my work involves exploring, developing and implementing pedagogies associated with simulation-based environments including simulated persons (SPs), Virtual Reality (VR), serious games, and eLearning to promote professional competence among students with in higher education milieus and their transition to the workplace.  I am the founder and director of the Simulated Persons Methodology Lab (http://spm.info.yorku.ca) a pan-university initiative now supported by the York University Office of the Associate Vice-President Teaching and Learning.  I have developed full-fledged and fleshed out model for implementing the methodology across disciplines that will provide learners, including teachers and students, with the tools to apply simulation effectively across the curriculum and within an array of courses and programs, which affords an inexpensive opportunity to provide high-quality experiential learning to undergraduates.  

As the co founder of SimXSpace (http://simxspace.com) I strongly value mobilizing innovation in experiential education and redefining the learning experience of students through innovative practices 

  

Selected Publications

Peisachovich E, Da Silva C, May N, et al. (March 06, 2020) Understanding Learners’ Experiences of Simulated Person Methodology in an Athletic Therapy Program. Cureus. 12(3): e7194. DOI10.7759/cureus.7194 

Da Silva, C., Peisachovich, E., Gal, R., et al. (2020). A Programmatic Approach to the Design of a Video Simulation Case Study. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 41, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2019.12.003

Appel L, Peisachovich E, Sinclair D, Jokel, R., and Da Silva, C. (2020) A Serious Game to Promote Safe Environments for Persons Living with Dementia. Cureus .12(2): e6949. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6949

Peisachovich, E., Appel, L., Sonclair, D., Jokel, R., Da Silva, C., and Soroor, W. (2018). Safehome App: Design and Usability for a Digital Application to Promote Physical Safety To Persons Living with Dementia.  IEEEXplore Digital Database (accepted)  

Peisachovich, E., Johnson, S., Epstein, I., Da Silva, C., Gal, R., Appel, L., & Popovic. C. (2018).  Simulated-person methodology workshop: Enhancing pedagogical practices within higher education. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 8(4), 3283– 3293.     

Peisachovich, E., Nelles, LJ., Murtha, S., Popovic, C., Epstein, I., and Da Silva, C.  (2017).   Proposing an Innovative and Collaborative Model to Embed a Simulated-Person Methodology Program within Higher Education. Innovation in Teaching and Education International.  DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2017.1399808.  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2017.1399808 [Online]  

Epstein, I, Peisachovich, E., De Silva, C., Lee, C., & Solomon, P. (2017).  Medical Aesthetics Training: Shifting to Collective Competence. The Journal of Plastic Surgery Nursing, 37(3):103–108. doi:  10.1097/PSN.0000000000000196  

Epstein I., Herne P., Masita S., Peisachovich E., Da Silva C., Grosman-Rimon L., Lee C., Robinson B., & Eliadis M. (2017). The Practice and Teaching of Palpation of the head and Neck: A scoping Review. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7 (12), 20-27 doi: 10.5430/jnep.v7n12p20

Peisachovich, E,H. Nelles, LJ Johnson, S., Nicholson, L., Gal, R., Kerr, B., Popovic, C., Epstein, I., and Da Silva, C.  (2017).  Developing a Simulated Person Methodology Workshop: An Experiential Education Initiative for Educators and Simulators. International Journal of Higher Education, 6 (1), 230-238.  

Peisachovich, E. H., Gal, R., and Johnson, S.  (2017).  Experiences of 4th year nursing students with human simulators in their transition to practice. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(3), 1-9.  

Peisachovich, E. H, Murtha, S., Phillips, A., and Messinger, G.  (2016). Flipping the Classroom: An Approach to Enhance Judgment and Decision Making by Engaging, Interacting and Collaborating with First Year Undergraduate Students. International Journal of Higher Education, 5 (4) 114-121.  

Peisachovich, E.  (2016).  Reflection Beyond Action:  A Modified Version of the “Reflecting” phase of Tanner’s Clinical Judgment Model. International Journal of Nursing and Health Science.  3(2): 8-14  

Peisachovich, E. H.  (2016).  Succeeding on the Canadian NCLEX-RN Incorporating Experiential  Learning Approaches in the Education of Internationally Educated Nurses.  Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6 (7), p.  101-108. 

Mitchell, G.J., Pilkington, B., Jonas-Simpson, C.M., Daiski, I., Cross, N.L., Johnston, N., O'Grady, C.P., Peisachovich, E.H., & Tang, S.Y. (2016). Nursing education and complexity pedagogy: Faculty experiences with an e-learning platform. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6 (5).  

Peisachovich, E, H.  (2015).  The Importance of Intercultural Fluency in Developing Clinical Judgment.  Journal of Nursing and Health Care, 2 (2), 53-59.  

Peisachovich, E, H.  (2015).  The experience and understanding of clinical judgment of internationally educated nurses.  Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5 (8), 33-43.

Chen, S., Coffey, S., Peisachovich, E, et al. (2008).  Implementing Best Practice Guidelines onto Personal Digital Assistants: Preliminary    Results and Lessons Learned.  The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, 6  (1): 33-41.   

Other Research Outputs

 

Affiliations

Staff and Education Development Association (SEDA)

Educational Developers Caucus, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)

Honour Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Pi at Large Chapter

Canadian Nurses Association

Awards

D2L Innovation Award in Teaching in and Learning, Society in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - 2019

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Yes

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes

Current Research

Experiential Education  

Simulated Learning Environments  

Elearning  

 

Research Projects

Application of Simulated Person Methodology to Enhance Professional Development Among Post Secondary Students
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $42,756.50
Year Funded: 2017
Duration: 2
Funded by: York University

Applying Simulated Persons as Part of a Scenario-Based Skills Evaluation in an Athletic Therapy Course
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $5000.00
Year Funded: 2016
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University

Beyond Words... and Towards Digital Accessibility: SafeHome App to Promote Safe Environments for Persons Living with Dementia
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $19,633.80
Year Funded: 2017
Duration: 1
Funded by: Other...
Other funding: eCampus Ontario

CVRrivulum program: embedding Virtual Reality as an experiential education medium to teach empathy
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $100 000.00
Year Funded: 2019
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University

Enhancing Teaching Learning Through Application of Simulated-Person Methodology—A Simulated Experiential Teaching-Learning Initiative
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $88,726.00
Year Funded: 2016
Duration: 2
Funded by: York University

Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students of Standardized-Patient Methodology in Their Transition to Nursing Practice
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $3000.00
Year Funded: 2015
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University

Flipping the Classroom: An Approach to Apply Clinical Judgment by Engaging, Interacting, and Collaborating with First Year Nursing Students
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $5000.00
Year Funded: 2015
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University

Mobilizing Creativity Through Application of Simulated-Person Methodology Within the Classroom: A Study of Student Experiences and Impact on Professional Development
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $6500.00
Year Funded: 2017
Duration: 1
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Person-Centered Serious Games for Mental Health Education
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $46,144.00
Year Funded: 2019
Duration: 2
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Person-Centered Serious Games for Mental Health Education
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $43,256.00
Year Funded: 2019
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University

Simulated-Person Methodology as an Experiential-Education Approach: A study of Student Experiences and Impact on Professional Development
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $62,218.00
Year Funded: 2018
Duration: 2
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

The Human Rights Praxis Project
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $3230.50
Year Funded: 2019
Duration: 1
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

The Next Wave of Experiential Education: A Video Module with Embedded quizzes
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $45,476.50
Year Funded: 2017
Duration: 2
Funded by: York University