What is a Preceptor?

What is a Preceptor?

1. Role Model
2. Exemplify the best of your profession/professionalism
3. Good clinical practice – good attitude
4. Safety – wise use of resources – follows P&P
5. Educator
6. Helps identify learning needs & supportive educational activities
7. Understands and respects different learning styles/rates
8. Facilitates learning by providing information and resources
9. Jointly establishes shift and weekly goals
10. Familiarizes preceptee with P&P/routines
11. Assists in gaining mastery of skills
12. Facilitator
13. Helps preceptee integrate into the work setting
14. Introduces to team members and personnel from other agencies
15. Explains unwritten rules and social norms
16. Anticipates “reality shock”
17. Evaluator
18. Evaluates progress of preceptee
19. Provides continuous and constructive feedback
20. Selects experiences to accomplish goals
21. Provides feedback to manager and educator on preceptee
22. Evaluates self as a preceptor