The institution for which you precept has provided you with a username & password.
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The medical school for whom you're precepting for may have added resources here.
TeachingPhysician.org is a comprehensive web-based resource that connects medical schools and residency programs to community preceptors. It provides point-of-need instruction for preceptors in the form of videos, tips, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to in-depth information on precepting topics. See the full Topic Index here. Our help page for preceptors and administrators is here.
This Enduring Material activity, TeachingPhysician.org, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 40.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 03/15/2020. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Recognize your preceptors and precepting sites by providing them with a national award. Medical schools and residency programs can nominate teachers and teaching practices that meet the criteria. Learn more.
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Precepting Performance Improvement Program allows academic units (Sponsors) to offer Performance Improvement credit (MOC IV) to family physicians who teach medical students or residents and who participate in a teaching improvement activity.
In support of this, the interactive online self-assessment tool allows preceptors to self-identify their teaching competency areas and highlight areas of interest for future improvement. The results from the self-assessment tool contain links to faculty development content on TeachingPhysician.org. Preceptors can do this for their own benefit, or in an effort to fulfill the requirements of the Performance Improvement credit. The results of the self-assessment are private, and you need only share them with your institution if you choose to.
Whether you're precepting learners via virtual patient visits or in the exam room, direct observation is an invaluable tool, providing you with the opportunity to give feedback immediately following a patient encounter, to collect notes for written comments, and to provide you with a timeline of data for evaluations.
And while opportunities for direct observation may be slim in 2020, take advantage of every opportunity you have to observe your learner. Remember, the first time you observe a learner in action, you are seeing how they handle patient encounters in the moment. Afterwards, talk with the learner about their interviewing style, how they take their histories, and the techniques they use during an exam. And if you find that patient encounters are few and far between, provide them with opportunities to interact with clinic staff.
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