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Medical Precepting
, Teaching Medical Students, Teaching Medical Residents, Preceptorship
Approach
Help students understand the rotation
Distribute a written overview at the start of the rotation (and review with students)
Include focus areas, core concepts and expectations
Learn about the students
Career goals
Prior rotations and experiences
Specific topics of interest (might lead to presenting a paper or short presentation during rotation)
Student's
Perception
of their strengths and the areas they need to improve
Give feedback throughout the rotation
See the one minute preceptor below
Give short, specific feedback each focused on a single teaching point for a few minutes daily
Reinforce positive habits
Final evaluation should reflect the cummulative feedback given during the rotation
Treat Students as Colleagues
Share how do you balance your work and life
One Minute Preceptor
Student commits to a diagnosis or clinical syndrome ("What do you think is the cause?")
Student presents supporting evidence ("Why do you think this is the cause and what was your DDx?")
Teach
Gene
ral Rules that apply to the specific diagnosis (core concepts, pearls, or strategies)
Reinforce what was right
Correct mistakes
Distribute the teaching (for the student's experience and for the preceptor's time)
Medical residents Teaching Medical Students
Following the patient's care with a consultant (e.g. surgery of an emergency department patient)
Shadowing another provider to see a patient with an interesting presentation
Experiencing the front desk, nursing triage, rooming of patients, lab, imaging
Resources
One Minute Preceptor (Dr. Margaret Dow, Mayo Clinic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBdfXRj5N0
1 Minute Preceptor: Precepting Medical Students (Dr. Michelle Rodriguez)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8ScYl2Q0c
Tips To Being an Effective Preceptor (Dr. Paul Paulman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tItnc733G4E
References
(2022) Presc Lett 29(7): 41
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