1. I’M A PRECEPTOR! Now what do I do?
Brian Sabol, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

2. Lay the groundwork
Just do it!
R&R

3. Lay the groundwork

4. Reflection
Think, think, think!

5. Start with what you know

6. Reflection Preceptors you admired and learned the most from
What set them apart?
How did they motivate you?
Incorporate their skills and techniques into your precepting style
What motivates you?
Incorporate it into your precepting style
Reflection

7. Start at home Residency Program Director
Experienced preceptors at your site
Start at home

8. Networking

9. Attend preceptor development programs, presentations, conferences
In-house
Local
Regional
OCCP meetings
CCF
National
ASHP National Pharmacy Preceptor Conference (NPPC)
Networking

10. Learn to Precept CE programs Professional Organizations
ASHP: Preceptor Toolkit; CE programs (<Preceptors>; free/fee), books (“The Effective Pharmacy Preceptor”)
ACCP: articles and books
APhA: Advanced Preceptor Training (fee)”
Learn to Precept

11. Learn to Precept Colleges of Pharmacy (COP)
Office of Experiential Education
Preceptor requirements and registration
Experiential manual
Preceptor Training Resources
NEOMED: ACPE-approved CE for both IPPE and APPE training; “The Effective Preceptor”
ONU: “The Pharmacists Letter”
Learn to Precept

12. JUST DO IT!

13. JUST DO IT!

14. Precepting 101: APPE Students
COP Experiential Education Manual
Rotation description
Rotation requirements
Student requirements
Your Site
Precepting 101: APPE Students

15. Precepting 101: Residents
Learning Experience description
Goals and Objectives
Learning Activities (aligned with Goals and Objectives)
Evaluations
Goals and Objectives taught or taught and evaluated
Evaluation schedule
Precepting 101: Residents

16. Communication
Organization
Precepting 101

17. Communication Precepting 101 Before rotation During rotation
APPE: /call 1-2 weeks before start date
Resident: meet the week before the start date
During rotation
Daily communication and feedback (informal)
Weekly/Semi-weekly: (formal)
End of rotation
APPE: Final Evaluation and feedback on rotation
Resident: Summative Evaluation, Preceptor Evaluation

18. Organization Precepting 101
Know and understand your role as a preceptor
Know and understand what is expected of the student/resident
Prepare and Plan
Student’s activities
Your activities as clinician and preceptor

19. REST AND RECREATION
R & R
Re-assess and Revise

20. R & R Re-assess and Revise Self-reflection and evaluation
Formal evaluation or assessment
Revise rotation description, Learning Experience(s)

21. Review and Respond
R & R
Student Feedback
COP Feedback

22. Thank you!