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Clinical Preceptor Qualification Criteria: A proficient healthcare provider who can transfer clinical skills to others. The clinical preceptor’s work generally focuses exclusively on the clinical area. Although classroom presentation skills were included in the CTS course s/he attended, they were not assessed and as a result the clinical preceptor is not qualified to impart knowledge to others in a classroom setting as a clinical trainer does (i.e., by virtue of the preceptor’s position, does not do classroom teaching [lectures] and, therefore, has not been assessed and qualified in presentation skills). These individuals are frequently found in preservice programs, but are also active in inservice programs; they may be called "clinical instructors." To become a qualified clinical preceptor, the healthcare provider must be proficient in the clinical FP/RH services(s) for which the preceptor will be providing clinical training and successfully complete a CTS course, which includes classroom presentation skills but emphasizes clinical demonstration, coaching and assessment of clinical skills. The clinical preceptor then must complete a practicum consisting of observation and coaching by a qualified advanced or master trainer while using these skills in a clinical setting. It is strongly recommended that the observation and coaching needed to move from candidate clinical preceptor to qualified clinical preceptor take place within 1 year after completion of the CTS course, preferably during the FP/RH portion of the preservice curriculum. If it does not take place within 1 year, the candidate clinical preceptor should receive a refresher in clinicaltraining skills or repeat the CTS course before observation and coaching by a qualified advanced or master trainer. Candidate Clinical Preceptor – a healthcare provider who fulfills the following requirements:
Qualified Clinical Preceptor – a candidate clinical preceptor who fulfills the following requirements:
A clinical preceptor is qualified to train healthcare providers and/or students in specific clinical skills (e.g., IUDs, IP, MNH). In order to add additional clinical skills for which the clinical preceptor is qualified to provide training, this person must successfully complete a knowledge update and skill standardization for the new skill, including a review and discussion of the standard course schedule for that skill. Repetition of the CTS course is not required. The advanced or master trainer who conducts the knowledge update and skills standardization will submit a Qualification Form to add these areas of qualification to the clinical preceptor’s file in the Faculty and Trainer Database. Because clinical preceptors have not had their classroom presentation skills assessed and, therefore, have not been qualified to conduct classroom presentations to transfer knowledge, they cannot move on to become advanced and master trainers according to the established JHPIEGO definitions. They can, however, participate in ATS and ID workshops. If at a later point in time they acquire and demonstrate competency in classroom presentations, they can then be qualified as clinical trainers and continue forward on the clinical trainer development pathway to become advanced and master trainers. A clinical preceptor who has been qualified and functions as a clinical trainer (imparting knowledge and transferring clinical skills to others with clients) should be reclassified as such in the Faculty and Trainer Database. |
Clinical Preceptor