Community Preceptor Recruitment and Development
Disclosures Neither Dr. Brooks nor Dr. Brink has any financial disclosures or interests relevant to this presentation.
Objectives Identify trends in benefits and payments to community preceptors Differentiate various goals of site visits to community preceptors Discuss collaboration between community and academic center when addressing challenging learners
Welcome to the Family Medicine Clerkship!
RPAP Description 44 yo rural distributed model longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) rd year med students spend 9 mo in a rural setting, typically one student per community Designed to nurture interest in rural medicine & primary care Students complete requirements for core clerkships Curriculum organized on-line with web-based resources
Programs who Pay Preceptors
Preceptor Achievement Awards
What Community-based Preceptors Want in Teaching Medical Students Communication and contact with the department Professional development Feedback Hashim et al. Educ Health 2010
How Did I Get Roped Into This?!? Site visits for community preceptor development
Who Runs This Program Anyway?! Site visits for retention
I Think They are All Above Average Site visits to address problems with grading, feedback, organization, etc.
RPAP Preceptor Development Initial exploration visit Application/information/expectation/affiliation agreement educational goals Preceptor Handbook Community Visits MN Academy of Family Physicians annual CME conference teaching workshop Importance of availability – Coordinator and Director
Presence in the communities
Your Experiences What has been your experience with payment to preceptors? How do you transform a burnt out preceptor into an engaged educator? What is your process for dealing with a challenging learner?
Summary Increasingly preceptors are being reimbursed for teaching medical students and other learners Face to face visits create/ sustain the relationships that retain preceptors and allow for critical feedback and navigating issues with challenging students
Resources: Video Precepting, a bad example: Precepting, a bad example: Precepting, a good example: Precepting, a good example: One Minute Preceptor and Giving Feedback: bolts/one-minute-preceptor/ One Minute Preceptor and Giving Feedback: bolts/one-minute-preceptor/ bolts/one-minute-preceptor/ bolts/one-minute-preceptor/ Feedback: FeedbacktoMedStudents.pdf Feedback: FeedbacktoMedStudents.pdf FeedbacktoMedStudents.pdf FeedbacktoMedStudents.pdf STFM: STFM:
Resources: Teaching McCormick LH. Precepting preclinical students. Fam Med Apr;31(4): PubMed PMID: ( Seibert C, Haq C. Precepting preclinical students. Fam Med May;31(5): PubMed PMID: ( Irby DM, Wilkerson L. Teaching when time is limited. BMJ Feb16; 336(7640): PubMed PMID: (
Resources: Feedback Sachdeva A. Use of effective feedback to facilitate adult learning. J of Cancer Ed 1996;11: Ende J. Feedback in medical education. JAMA 1983;250: Hattie J, Timperley H. The power of feedback. Review of Ed Res 2007;77: Moorhead R, Maguire P, Thoo SL. Giving feedback to learners in the practice. Aust Fam Phys 2004;33: Richardson BK. Feedback. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11:1283e1-5 Vickery AW, Lake FR. Teaching on the run tips: Giving feedback. Med J Aust 2005;183:267-8