Residency preceptor development and evaluation: A new approach

Abstract

The NMC program may serve as a model for other institutions in planning and evaluating professional development programs to ensure that preceptors maintain the skills and knowledge necessary to provide high-quality resident training.

Measuring and assessing the competencies of preceptors in health professions: a systematic scoping review.

“…Seventeen were based on preceptorship/education in medicine (10, 31, 32, 35, 44, 46, 50-52, 54-56, 58-60) , twelve in pharmacy (9, 11, 24-26, 30, 33, 34, 36, 38, 53, 57) , and eleven in nursing (8,27,28,37,(40)(41)(42)(43)(47)(48)(49) and one in dentistry (45) . There were twelve quantitative studies (25,26,30,33,35,39,46,47,49,53,57) , ten qualitative studies (29,34,37,41,42,44,45,48,58,59) , three mixed methods (43,50,51) , four descriptive papers that did not report results (36,38,40,56) , five papers concerned with validity testing (28,31,52,54,55) and seven papers describing consensus building, three with Delphi approaches (...…”

Assessment of Preceptor Development Strategies across Canadian Pharmacy Residency Programs

“…3 In contrast, certain state boards, including those of Washington 14 and Texas, 15 have implemented preceptor certification programs. Certification may be of benefit to a residency program because it provides a defined framework of evaluation that requires preceptors to demonstrate competencies.…”

“…The education and development of preceptors can be offered in various formats, including live educational events (e.g., presentations 1,3 or journal clubs 1,4 ), print 1,5 or digital 1,6 education, virtual networking, 7 and one-on-one assessment and feedback. 1,8 Vos and Trewet 1 performed a before-and-after assessment of a multimodal preceptor development program, which included live, online, and written educational materials, as well as assessment of and feedback to individual preceptors.…”

“…Neither the CPRB nor the ASHP requires certification of preceptors, but several US state boards have independently instituted such a requirement. 3,11 Certification requirements vary by board and include criteria such as minimum number of years as a practising pharmacist, successful completion of a certification examination, and minimum number of hours of preceptor training per year. [13][14][15] However, the effectiveness of certification programs is unknown.…”

Integrating a Patient Care Development Model to Enhance Community Pharmacy Residency Programs

“…Models developed to enhance other aspects of residency training have been described to augment research 4 and precepting skills 5 as well as preceptor development. 6 These models have been implemented locally within general pharmacy practice residency programs at the institutions…”