The Brody School of Medicine (
BSOM) is committed to the goals of its mission: to increase the supply of primary care physicians serving the state, to improve the health and well-being of the region, and to train physicians who will meet the health care needs of the state. The key to achieving this mission is to assure that students receive a significant portion of their clinical education in the community practices throughout our region. This dedicated network of community physicians provides an invaluable real-world, practical experience that helps set our medical students apart when they begin their residency training.
As temporary, clinical faculty members with the
BSOM Department of Pediatrics, preceptors are community physicians who have met the established criteria and have agreed to provide a two-week educational experience for medical students fulfilling their pediatrics clerkship. Students will assist in patient care in both the ambulatory and hospital setting under the direct supervision of the preceptor, participating as fully as possible in their preceptor's daily activities.
In this role, the Community Clinical Preceptor will be responsible for:
1. Understanding the goals and objectives of the pediatrics clerkship and its list of the required clinical activities that all medical students must complete during their clerkship as well as any periodic updates to these documents.
2. Participating in periodic site visits with
BSOM Pediatrics Clerkship leadership.
3. Supervising third-year medical students as they engage patients in their clinical practice environment by:
* Obtaining appropriate histories and physical exams based on each the chief complaint of each patient that they assess.
* Formulating their own differential diagnosis, assessment, and initial diagnostic and therapeutic plan for each patient that they assess.
* Receiving each student's verbal presentations of their patient encounters
* Reviewing any written or electronic documentation provided including: patient encounters, prescriptions, and patient care orders.
* Providing patient care education and anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
4. Providing timely verbal feedback regarding
patient care skills, communication, medical knowledge base, systems-based practice, practice-based learning, overall performance, and professionalism.
5. Utilizing the BSOM's current electronic learning management system to provide a timely evaluation of each student's patient care skills, communication, medical knowledge base, systems-based practice, practice-based learning, overall performance, and professionalism during their preceptorship.
Anticipated start date - January 1, 2024 - for first group of Preceptors
Anticipated start date - April 1, 2024 - for second group of Preceptors
Contingent upon the availability of funds |