Preceptor resources can be viewed or downloaded in Word or Adobe Acrobat format.

MSU Family Medicine Clerkship Preceptor Information (pdf) (Word)

MSU Family Medicine Clerkship Syllabus (pdf) (Word)

Clerkship Syllabus Appendices (pdf) (Word)

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Websites that offer resources or training of interest to primary care preceptors include:

The Expert Preceptor Interactive Curriculum (EPIC) by the Office of Educational Development, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, is an on-line faculty development curriculum in clinical teaching for community practitioners who serve as preceptors to health professions students. Registration is free if no CME is desired. (Please note, "guest" entry to curriculum no longer functions.)

Family Medicine's column, "For the Office-Based Teacher of Family Medicine," is intended to provide office-based teachers with usable knowledge presented in a readable, enjoyable format.

Preceptor Education Project, Second Edition Training Materials was developed by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. The teaching manuals (PEP2) are designed to prepare busy family physicians to effectively and efficiently teach medical students in community settings.

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine offers The Teaching Physician, a quarterly newsletter designed to provide teaching tips to community preceptors. The newsletter will be sent quarterly to subscribers electronically as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (July, October, January, and April) and is intended to be forwarded by your department (either electronically or in print) to the subscriber's community preceptors.

The Ohio State College of Medicine provides preceptor information and insights that are useful for preceptors in other institutions as well as in their own program.

The Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center offers faculty development training that is relevant and easy-to-use for busy community-based preceptors. The program is intended for clinicians who teach students in community based settings that include, but are not limited to, hospitals, homecare agencies and medical offices. Program is adapted from that of the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

The Mountain Area Health Education Center Office of Regional Primary Care Education (North Carolina) created its Preceptor Development Program in response to expressed needs by preceptors. The program contains seven sessions designed to help preceptors meet the challenges of teaching and evaluating students in the community setting. Lessons include such topics as setting expectations, giving feedback and "one minute" precepting skills, as well as, insight into teaching style preferences and ways to deal with difficult situations. These materials are available in a variety of formats in the e-Learning classes.

Suggestions for preceptors at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, excerpted from "From Staff Nurse to Preceptor:  A Preceptor Development Program 2nd edition," written by JoAnn Grif Alspach, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN Consultant, Healthcare Staff Development and Competency-Based Performance Appraisal Systems, Annapolis, Md. Copyright 2000 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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