Clinical Preceptor Training

Event Start/Stop Date and Time

May 15, 2025 1:00 AM - May 15, 2027 11:55 PM EDT

Check-in Date and Time

May 15, 2025 1:00 AM EDT

Location

Northwest AHEC Online and Blended Learning
Your device, quiet location, reliable Internet

Target Audience

Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

Event Description

This preceptor training program consists of four half-hour online modules designed to address critical gaps in clinical teaching practices, particularly in the areas of health equity, communication, and personalized education. The modules aim to (1) reinforce foundational preceptor skills, (2) provide tools for integrating health equity principles into clinical education, (3) enhance communication strategies with diverse learner populations, and (4) develop methods to recognize and accommodate different learning styles and cognitive needs. Disclosures - None of the planners nor presenters have any relevant conflicts with ineligible companies.

Objectives

1. Describe the key roles of the preceptor and strategies for creating a positive learning environment.
2. Review the one-minute preceptor model and its five microskills.
3. Recognize common pitfalls in precepting and how to avoid them.
4. Explain how addressing health disparities and social drivers of health, in a clinical setting promotes health equity.
5. Identify at least three strategies for incorporating health equity principles into precepting activities.
6. Outline an approach to discuss health equity topics with students in clinical settings.
7. Promoting Inclusive Communication: Bridging Gaps in the Preceptor-Learner Interactions.
8. Define inclusive communication and explain its importance in preceptor-learner relationships.
9. Identify at least three strategies to promote inclusive communication in preceptor-learner activities.
10. Describe how to adapt communication styles to meet the diverse needs of learners in the clinical setting.
11. Define neurodiversity and identify at least three common types of neurodivergence relevant to clinical education.
12. Recognize the strengths and challenges neurodivergent learners may bring to the clinical practice settings.
13. Identify at least one approach to adapt communication styles to meet the needs of neurodivergent learners in the clinical setting.

Session Credits

Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, participants are encouraged to review our Credit Glossary (opens in new tab) for general information. Please note that not all credit types are available for every program.

Presenter(s)

• Ayanna Galloway, PA-C
• Nathalie Oritz Pate, PA-C
• Marie-Luise Zaldivar, MD

Session Details