Barriers and Strategies to Engaging Our Community-Based Preceptors Journal Article

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Authors: Graziano, S. C.; McKenzie, M. L.; Abbott, J. F.; Buery-Joyner, S. D.; Craig, L. B.; Dalrymple, J. L.; Forstein, D. A.; Hampton, B. S.; Page-Ramsey, S. M.; Pradhan, A; Wolf, A; Hopkins, L
Article Title: Barriers and Strategies to Engaging Our Community-Based Preceptors
Abstract: ISSUE: This article, from the quot;To the Pointquot; series that is prepared by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, is a review of commonly cited barriers to recruiting and retaining community-based preceptors in undergraduate medical education and potential strategies to overcome them. EVIDENCE: Community-based preceptors have traditionally served as volunteer, nonsalaried faculty, with academic institutions relying on intrinsic teaching rewards to sustain this model. However, increasing numbers of learners, the burdens of incorporating the electronic medical record in practice, and increasing demands for clinical productivity are making recruitment and retention of community-based preceptors more challenging. IMPLICATIONS: General challenges to engaging preceptors, as well as those unique to women#39;s health, are discussed. Potential solutions are reviewed, including alternative recruitment strategies, faculty development to emphasize efficient teaching practices in the ambulatory setting, offers of online educational resources, and opportunities to incorporate students in value-added roles. Through examples cited in this review, clerkship directors and medical school administrators should have a solid foundation to actively engage their community-based preceptors.
Journal Title: Teaching and learning in medicine
ISSN: 1532-8015; 1040-1334
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: United States
Date Published: 2018
Start Page: 1
End Page: 7
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.1080/10401334.2018.1444994
Notes: LR: 20180326; JID: 8910884; OTO: NOTNLM; 2018/03/27 06:00 [entrez]; 2018/03/27 06:00 [pubmed]; 2018/03/27 06:00 [medline]; aheadofprint; SO: Teach Learn Med. 2018 Mar 26:1-7. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2018.1444994.