Preceptor's Corner

Credentials & Experience

• North Carolina licensed in relevant field with Approval to Practice and Board Certified
• Recognized as experts in clinical practice; with minimum one year experience as a provider.

Skills

• Able to guide students in meeting the objectives for the practicum.
• Effective with interpersonal skills for supporting a student, providing orientation to the experience, identifying student strengths and weaknesses, and in giving feedback in a constructive manner

• Plan for approximately 180 hours each semester and 600 total hours in the program
• Approve all the student’s written schedule.
• Arrange orientation to the agency.
• Integrate the student into the work of the agency at an appropriate pace.
• Supervise student-client contacts directly or through consultation.
• Consult with faculty at any time deemed necessary to assure student progress.
• Participate in evaluation of the student’s clinical performance.
• Call faculty if any concerns arise about student performance.

• AHEC sponsors interprofessional clinical precepting (CP) modules that include the efforts of the regional AHECs (register; free):
  • CP 101: The Role of the Clinical Preceptor, Host Clinical Site, and Legal Considerations
  • CP 102: Clinical Precepting 102: Planning for and Providing Clinical Learning Experiences
  • CP 103: Communication, Learner Self-Assessment and Preceptor Feedback
  • CP 104: Managing Difficult Situations in the Clinical Learning Environment
• Preceptor Portal Vignettes (NONPF)
• Preceptor Tool Kit (AANP)
• GGAPNA (geriatric NP focus)
• Johns Hopkins

Additional Precepting Resources

• Mastering the Preceptor Role: Challenges of Clinical Teaching– How to be an effective teacher while maintaining a busy clinical practice.
• Teaching Strategies Used by Expert Nurse Practitioner Preceptors: A Qualitative Study
• The One-Minute Preceptor: Shaping the Teaching Conversation – Well known teaching model that is brief, easy to learn and effective for the preceptor and student.