Information for Clinical Preceptors
What is a Preceptor?
A preceptor is a practicing physician, PA, or other licensed health care professional who gives instruction, training and supervision to a PA student. This may be done individually or as part of a team. The goal is to develop well-informed, resilient and compassionate PAs who provide patient-centered and service-oriented medical care in diverse environments.
Become a Preceptor
ÄÛ²ÝÊÓƵ Fox is interested in preceptors who provide:
- Medical care across the life span to include infants, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly
- Women’s health care (to include prenatal and gynecologic care)
- Care for conditions requiring surgical management, including pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care
- Care for behavioral and mental health conditions
Preceptor Benefits
- Preceptors may receive an honorarium if they agree to precept at least two students per clinical year (depends on whether preceptor's employer allows for payments)
- Continuing Medical Education Category I and II hours (for PAs only at this time)
- ÄÛ²ÝÊÓƵ Fox University library access, including access to UpToDate
- Intrinsic rewards of teaching
- Impact the future of a PA who plans to work in your city, county or state
General Goals of the Clinical Year
The clinical year takes students from the theoretical classroom setting to an active, hands-on learning environment to prepare them for a lifetime of continued refinement of skills and expanded knowledge as a practicing PA. To this end, the goals of the clinical year include:
- Apply didactic knowledge to supervised clinical practice
- Develop and sharpen clinical problem-solving skills
- Expand and develop medical knowledge
- Refine the art of history taking and physical examination skills
- Sharpen oral presentation and written documentation skills
- Develop an understanding of the PA role in health care delivery
- Prepare for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam
- Develop interpersonal skills and professionalism necessary to function as part of a medical team
Preceptor Opportunities
Four-week rotations are offered in the following areas:
- Family medicine
- Internal medicine (inpatient exposure)
- Emergency medicine
- Surgery medicine
- Pediatric medicine
- Women's health
- Behavior and mental health
- Electives
Interested?
To start the process, please help us learn more about you and your clinical site by completing the .
You can also complete an so we know dates you are interested in precepting for the clinical year.
Email completed forms to the Director of Clinical Education (see below) or paclinical@georgefox.edu.
We look forward to hearing from and working with you!
