Our Company
Empowering Clinicians to Teach with Confidence
Pinnacle Preceptor Academy is dedicated to helping clinicians become confident, effective clinical preceptors by translating real-world experience into purposeful teaching. Through practical training, structured strategies, and mentorship-focused guidance, we support preceptors in developing feedback skills, fostering clinical judgment, and creating positive learning environments that strengthen both learner performance and professional identity. The goal is not to add more work to the clinical day, but to make teaching clearer, more efficient, and more rewarding—so preceptors feel prepared, learners feel supported, and clinical education consistently succeeds.
Expert Team
Richard WIlson, DNAP, CRNA, FAANA
Richard Wilson, DNAP, CRNA, FAANA is an experienced nurse anesthesia educator, clinician, and national speaker with a career dedicated to developing effective clinical teachers and confident learners. He has served in Assistant Program Director and faculty roles for over 15 years. In addition to active clinical practice as a CRNA, he has coordinated student clinical experiences, interviewed and mentored applicants and residents, organized shadowing programs, and taught extensively on adult learning, clinical teaching strategies, and precepting success across national conferences and workshops. Through leadership roles, mentorship programs, and educational scholarship, Dr. Wilson focuses on helping clinicians translate expertise into effective bedside teaching; building professional identity, clinical judgment, and supportive learning environments for both preceptors and trainees.
Melissa Eisenhauer, DNP, CRNA, APRN, CNE
Dr. Eisenhauer is a nurse anesthesia educator, administrator, and clinical mentor dedicated to preparing clinicians and preceptors for success in modern clinical learning environments. She is a Program Administrator and Assistant Professor and previously served as an Assistant Director and Clinical Coordinator responsible for supervising students, evaluating progress, and strengthening partnerships between programs and clinical sites. Dr. Eisenhauer continues active clinical practice while teaching, advising doctoral projects, and developing preceptor training programs, including formal continuing education modules designed to improve preceptor confidence and effectiveness. Through leadership roles at the state and national level, scholarly publications on preceptorship barriers, and extensive mentorship of doctoral learners, she focuses on building structured, supportive clinical teaching systems that enhance learner development and preceptor performance.
