Community preceptors' views of a required third-year family medicine clerkship

Initial Testing of an Instrument to Measure Teacher Identity in Physicians

“…Several previous studies reported that, although monetary compensation was important to some preceptors, others were satisfied with faculty appointments and library privileges. 2,3 Our study suggests that salaried preceptors have stronger teacher identity. Medical schools may want to assess preceptor needs and reward them appropriately for teaching activities with salary or other benefits if they want to nurture a cohort of physicians who think of themselves as teachers.…”

“…1 Yet studies conclude that (a) teaching enhances the enjoyment of patient care, 2,3 (b) participation in educational activities can improve clinician retention and job satisfaction, 4,5 and (c) at least some preceptors experience a "joy of teaching." 6 It may be that difficulties with recruitment and retention of preceptors are related to physician dissatisfaction with the practice of primary care medicine.…”

What do general practitioners do differently when consulting with a medical student?

“…Using this model to organise the supervision of medical students does not appear to increase consultation length for rural GPs 2 . This finding is somewhat counter‐intuitive, especially when the literature commonly describes GPs as feeling time pressure when precepting students 3–10 …”

Identifying oneself as a teacher: the perceptions of preceptors

“…Faculty and residents reported that the benefits of teaching include professional growth 3 and increased clinical knowledge 4 . Intangible rewards, such as love of teaching or giving back to the profession, outweighed the tangible rewards with regard to desire to precept 5 …”