Training Health Professions preceptors in rural practices: A challenge for Interprofessional practice and education.

The objectives of the program were to (1) encourage preceptors to exemplify team behaviors; (2) characterize contemporary learners and learning styles of trainees; (3) encourage interprofessional precepting skills, and (4) apply practical teaching tools in the clinical setting. This was a qualitative observational project performed at OHSU rural faculty primary care clinics. Subjects were a convenience sample of rural interprofessional preceptors who volunteered to participate. Each educational session was based on a prior interview identifying their specific training needs. Data analysis was based on results from an evaluation survey and comments from providers at these sites. Key factors such as dedicated time for preceptor development, good communication between the rural practices and the academic health center, and concerns about billing revenue were discovered to be critical to the success of the program. PMID: 29648901 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research