Overview

Preceptor Week is a preceptor development series that delivers short and snappy webinars about a variety of topics, delivered in just 15 minutes over the noon hour. Sessions aim to provide preceptors with tangible tips and tricks that they can immediately apply in their practice.

Preceptor Week at USask was inspired by the work of Dr. Craig Cox, PharmD, and his team at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy.

 

Preceptor Week for Fall 2024 has wrapped up. Click on the dropdown menus below to find the learning objectives, session recordings, and ideas for next steps related to each session.

Fall 2024

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify common scenarios in which preceptors may reach out to the Experiential Learning (EL) Office for support or guidance.
  2. Discuss the resources and services provided by the EL Office that can support both preceptors and students.

Link to session recording

Next steps: Consider booking a Meet & Greet with the EL Office. Find contact information here.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify two common misconceptions regarding student accommodations.
  2. List the types of accommodations that may be applicable during EL placements.

Link to session recording

Next steps: Consider completing the online Precepting a Student with Access and Equity Services (AES) Accommodations course, accredited for 1 CEU (available exclusively for USask PharmD preceptors). Click here for more information.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Compare and contrast the concepts of professionalism and professional identity (PI).
  2. Identify four things that preceptors can do to help students along their professional identity formation (PIF) journeys.

Link to session recording

Next Steps: Consider reading the following articles

  • Kennie-Kaulbach N, Cooley J, Williams C, Riley B, Anksorus H, O’Sullivan TA. How preceptors support pharmacy learner professional identity formation. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2024;88(9):100740. doi:10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.100740
  • Sternszus R, Steinert Y, Razack S, Boudreau JD, Snell L, Cruess RL. Being, becoming, and belonging: reconceptualizing professional identity formation in medicine. Front Med. 2024;11:1438082. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1438082

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the purpose and benefits of student-driven learning plans in promoting self-directed learning and accountability among students.
  2. Identify when to implement a student-driven learning plan with a student and where to find the template.

Link to session recording

Next steps: Consider completing the online Supporting Students Who Struggle course, accredited for 2 CEU (available exclusively for USask PharmD preceptors). Click here for more information.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the importance of having challenging conversations with students to address issues as they arise.
  2. List 5 strategies to prepare for and manage a challenging conversation with a student.

Link to session recording

Next steps: Check out the tools available exclusively to USask PharmD preceptors in CORE. Once you sign in to CORE, click Document Library in the left navigation bar, hit Ctrl+F on your keyboard and search for the following documents:

  • Preceptor Tip Sheet: Delivering Constructive Feedback
  • Pharmacy Professional Growth Pathway

Feedback Survey and Learning Project Record

If you attended any of the Preceptor Week sessions in Fall 2024, we welcome your feedback and invite you to download the USask Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Learning Project Record for your continuing professional development records.
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Your feedback helps the EL Office develop future preceptor training and development sessions and materials. Your responses are anonymous and are intended for program development only.
Please note that you only need to fill out one survey and download one LPR for the entire Preceptor Week experience, regardless of how many sessions you attended.

Suggestions?

Do you have an idea for a topic that would work well for a future Preceptor Week session? We would love to hear from you!

Email us at pharmacyel@usask.ca.