title: Reaching and teaching preceptors: limited success from a multifaceted faculty development program.
abstract: We conducted a six-pronged preceptor faculty development program that included a listserve and interactive Web-based teaching scenarios. A total of 144 preceptors in a required preceptorship program were offered traditional continuing medical education (CME), a preceptor listserve, an electronic clinical teaching discussion group, an orientation videotape, a CD-ROM on teaching skills, and technology support. On Web-based evaluation, 31% of participants responded. Eighty percent of preceptors allowed us to subscribe them to the listserve, and most agreed it was useful. One third of preceptors responded to an electronic clinical teaching case discussion, most rating it useful to their precepting. The listserve and electronic teaching cases hold promise for preceptor faculty development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas A&M University, TX 77843-1114, USA. bramson@medicine.tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bramson
authors.forename: Alisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanlandingham
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heads
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paulman
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mygdal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016251:CD-ROM; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D008486:Physician Executives; D011231:Preceptorship; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D013781:Texas; D014743:Videotape Recording