Preceptor Expectations

Course Environment

  • Teach by example.
  • Create supportive learning environment.
  • Encourage students to ask questions.
  • Give informative balanced feedback.
  • Heighten student’s understanding and practice of cultural and linguistic competency.
  • Demonstrate the development of physician-patient relationship and communication.
  • Invite students to join community activities outside the clinic.

Orientation  

  • Oversee student orientation.
  • Review informational packet to assigned student (includes welcome letter, invitation to set up first day meeting, and background information on clinic site).   
  • Review student background information and clinical skills inventory list before first meeting.
  • Inform office staff of OPEX preceptor program and assigned student.
  • Make any necessary patient scheduling adjustments to facilitate orientation and supervision.
  • Identify scheduled patients for students to see with preceptor or clinical staff.
  • Post notices in office notifying patients of student in training.

Clinical Training  

  • Oversee and coordinate clinical training in preceptor’s office setting (See goals and objectives).
  • Establish and review learning objectives with student.
  • Coordinate student’s educational activities (student schedules), patient assignment, and patient presentation.
  • Lead discussion of clinical cases.
  • Help refine student presentation skills.
  • Conduct midpoint review.
  • Submit final student evaluation to site coordinator.