Integrating Precepting into your Daily Practice

Efficient and effective precepting of pharmacy students in acute and ambulatory care rotations: A Delphi expert panel study

“…Our panelists' consensus statements about optimizing effectiveness and efficiency were congruent with existing literature on the topic. [14][15][16] The statements overlapped with published student perceptions of preceptor excellence 15 and concurred with other literature regarding communication between students and preceptors. 17 Panelists confirmed that it is essential for preceptors and students to communicate with the clinical team with the patient as the focus; this is consistent with the ACPE expectations about pharmacy practice being collaborative, interprofessional, and patient centered.…”

“…The 10-minute median time for presenting a new patient case reported by our panelists is roughly double the 3-to 5-minute period allotted in videos depicting OMP-type processes. 13 Although the literature indicates that the OMP model is efficient for discussing patient cases, [12][13][14] the data in Table 7 and panelists' comments suggest that preceptors have not figured out how to tighten patient case presentations to approach true OMP levels. [12][13][14] We suggest that since OMPstyle presentations have been successfully embraced in other health professions, [11][12][13] pharmacy preceptors may benefit from implementing the OMP model in conjunction with other healthcare training programs.…”

“…Using Qualtrics survey software (Qualtrics, Provo, UT), 20 survey items were developed for the round 1 online survey from themes commonly reported in the literature on precepting students on rotations. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The items were field tested prior to round 1 by project team members who were preceptors. The round 1 survey was distributed electronically, with 2 reminders sent at weekly intervals; 6 weeks after the initial distribution, panelists were sent a report on the survey responses.…”