Preceptor Internship
Workshop #1
Getting Started
Interests and Hopes
 Name
 Unit/agency/practice area
 Preceptor experience
 Interest and hopes for
program and today’s workshop
Preceptor Internship Program
WHY?
 Quality student placements scarce:
– Fewer experienced staff to serve
– Burn-out, lack of time, lack of motivation
 Significant increase in new graduates
 Despite acknowledged importance of role,
limited support/infrastructure across BC
BC Preceptor Development Initiative
 Exploring new and innovative ways to
provide education and support to health
preceptors
 Led by a provincial, interprofessional team
of educators representing post-secondary
institutions and health authorities
BC Preceptor Development Initiative
 Three sub-projects
 One of 56 Practice Education Innovation
Fund (PEIF) projects
 Funding: Ministries of Advanced Education,
Health
 Administered by BCAHC
 Existing C&W Preceptor Budget
Preceptor
Forums
BCAHC-Practice Education
Innovation Fund (PEIF)
BC Preceptor Development Initiative
Outcomes:
– More preceptors interested in preceptor
education
– Increased satisfaction of preceptors
– Increased preceptor recruitment and
retention
– Increased quality of education for students
– Minimize frustration with
practice experience
for current preceptors
Preceptor Internship Program
 Unique pilot program
 Builds on successes from internship,
leadership and current preceptor programs
 Skill development/support for new and
experienced preceptors
 Uses a “coach approach”
“Coaching is a conversation, a dialogue, whereby the
coach and the individual interact in a dynamic
exchange to achieve goals, enhance performance and
move the individual forward to greater success.”
~Zeus and Skiffington
Preceptor Internship Program
 Four workshops over 3-4 months
 Work in “learning triads” with coach in
between
 15-25 participants
“Learning is not a spectator sport.”
~D. Blocher
Preceptor Internship Model
14-18 week timeframe (including evaluation and follow-up)
Preceptor
Workshop
#1
(Sept 28)
Preceptor
Workshop
#3
(Oct 19)
Preceptor
Workshop
#2
(Oct 5)
Learning
Triad
session
Preceptor
cohort
15-25
preceptors
Coach
Preceptor
Workshop
#4(Nov 23)
Learning
Triad
session
Coaching (in learning triads)
Learning
Triad
session
Learning…
- “To Study’
-To
“Practice
Constantly”
Learning is…
•a change in ways of thinking
•a change in ways of being
(behaviour, actions)
Learning
Change
How do we Learn?
Health Preceptor Competencies
Competencies are defined as:
the integrated knowledge, skills,
attitudes and decision-making
required to perform within the scope
of an individual’s practice.
Communication
Relationships
Teaching, Mentoring, Coaching
CAPE tool
Competence Assessment, Planning & Evaluation
CAPE tools are reviewed:
– before starting new role;
– before & during annual performance review
– ongoing to identify learning needs and goals
– when feedback given of successful performance
– whenever you feel like it!
S.M.A.R.T Goals
 S-Specific
 M-Measurable
 A-Attainable
 R-Realistic
 T-Timely
Setting goals is the first step in turning
the invisible into the visible.
~Anthony Robbins
Learning Partnership
Effective Preceptor
Preceptee/Learner
The Learning
Partnership
•Role Model
•Socializer
•Educator
Learning Environment
Setting the Stage
The beginning is the most important part of the work
~Plato
 Create a learning
climate and build a
learning relationship
 Clarify expectations
 Start where the
learner is at
Getting Started… Planning Worksheet
 How do you get to know someone?
 How do you build trust? Establish a
connection?
 How do you find out what they need
to learn?
 How do they learn best?
 What are they nervous about?
Excited about?
 How do they like to receive
feedback? What works for them?
Establishing a relationship
To put up with me is the first step to understanding me.
Not that you embrace my ways as right for you, but that
you are no longer irritated or disappointed with me for my
seeming waywardness.
Then, in understanding me, you might come to prize my
differences and, instead of trying to change me, preserve
and even nurture those differences.
~Adapted from
Please Understand Me
by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates
Identifying learning needs and clarifying
expectations
Expert
Stages of
Competence
Unconsciously
Competent
Consciously
Competent
Consciously
Incompetent
Unconsciously
Incompetent
Novice
Learning and Teaching Styles
Feedback Plan
"Feedback is the breakfast of champions."
~ Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
Learning Partnerships in Action
 What is happening in scenario?
 What issues/problems are evident?
 What strategies might help?
Learning Triads
Preceptor
“Triangles are a learning
lab.... experiment and
enjoy your journey.”
~Erna Hagge
Meet every 3-4 weeks
Work with coach
Work on learning goals
Support network for each
other
Closing and Evaluation
 Check-in
 Next steps
 Feedback….