Preceptors

Your Role as a Preceptor Benefits for Preceptor

Professional Development Preceptor CME Credit

Clinical Educational Affairs contact & Regional Site locations

Professional Development Resources for Regional Preceptors

"The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles...He is a senior student anxious to help his juniors." 
–Sir William Osler, The Student Life

Orientation Module

This module is the first in a three-part preceptor orientation program. It provides information and resources to help you, your staff, and your student(s) to get off to a good start on the rotation. Following an introductory section which focuses on how preceptor thinking skills impact teaching, subsequent concepts include determining goals for the rotation and preparing for a successful first day.

Preceptor Orientation Module Powerpoint

Professionalism

• Habits are Habit Forming
• A Definition
• Burnout
• The Self-Discipline of being a Professional: Seven Essential Elements to Promote Excellence 

Evaluation

• What are your Withholdings?
• RIME (Reporter to Interpreter, to Manager/Educator) with Reasons
• Setting Expectations
  • Orientation
  • Clarifying Expectations
  • Rotation Objectives 
  • Follow Through – Providing Feedback 
• A 5-Step Process for giving Critical Instructive Feedback
• Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
• Six Traps in the Evaluation Process

Teaching Skills

• Question your Questioning
• Choosing a Delivery Strategy
• Five Steps to Teaching Clinical Skills
• Using Cognitive Theory to Enhance your Teaching
• One Minute Preceptor

Preceptor Training Tools

• Teaching Tools

Preceptor Training Opportunities

• Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Development site
• Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Development site
  
• Life-Long Learning - is a requirement for being effective and successful as a physician. KCOM aids this process by offering a valuable selection of both distance-learning and on-campus educational degree programs as well as traditional CME programs.

Clinical Web Resources

The following categories of websites have been compiled for your use as a preceptor:

Academic - Websites maintained by medical schools for patient information and community education.

Association - Websites maintained by medical associations and related groups to disseminate practice guidelines and policies, patient information, and other information useful to the practicing physician.

Collaborative/Review - Organization websites that review online medical information and health information websites.

Government - Websites and databases maintained by the U.S. government for the dissemination of information related to human disease.

Publisher - Websites providing medical literature online to subscribers.

To provide feedback on any module or to request module topics please email clinicalfacultydevelopment@atsu.edu