Preceptorship for Health Professionals
Purpose
Health professionals to assume a role of clinical preceptors to health professional students and employees.
Why Is This Programme Needed?
- Nurse graduates – need support when transitioning to RN role.
- Registered nurses are not confident in their clinical teaching role.
- Implementation of Clinical Education Training Units (CETU) at public health facilities, requires trained preceptors to support nursing staff and nursing students during their placements.
- Based on the needs of registered nurses and nurse graduates – developed a preceptorship programme in 2021.
Objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
01. Demonstrate an understanding of the preceptor role
02. Apply principles of adult learning within the context of preceptorship
03. Manage the preceptor-preceptee relationship
04. Monitor competence of the preceptee
05. Demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge to be an effective preceptor
Course Content
3 days
Face-to-face workshop
16 + 8 hrs
2 days presentations and activities (16 hrs) and 1-day practical day (8 hours)
6 months
Complete portfolio of evidence with preceptee (3 days per week for 12 hrs)
Teaching methods: PowerPoint presentations, video analysis, group discussions and individual activities.
Units Covered in Course
Five units that build the knowledge and skills of an effective preceptor.
1
Preceptorship and foundations of precepting
2
Communication and the learning process
3
Evaluator role of a preceptor
4
Facilitating role of a preceptor
5
Being the preceptor
Discover the Programme
Learn more about preceptorship for health professionals.
Project Leader
Dr Nicholin Scheepers
Preceptorship for Health Professionals
Telephone: 018-299 1763
Email: 26028573@nwu.ac.za