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This website, from the University of Arizona, is a great resource for preceptors. It has everything from a sample syllabus and rotation calendar to helpful hints for preceptors. Also contains links to workshops about precepting.

For anyone who is a current preceptor or plan to become a preceptor one day, this is a great reference for tips and strategies to become a successful preceptor.

A collection of resources for preceptors of both residents and students. It include links to several AJHP articles and some off site websites.

An outline for a quick overview of what is required to be a preceptor. This includes items on feedback, learning strategies and motivation.

Discusses the "Collaborative Clinical Education Model" that is necessary for effective precepting as well as qualities a preceptor should have and tips to facing preceptor challenges.

Discusses tools needed by preceptors and University of Iowa's way of delivering preceptor development education in various ways

Phillips, N. and Duke, M. (2001), The questioning skills of clinical teachers and preceptors: a comparative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33: 523-529. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01682.x This link will direct you to the abstract of this article by Nicole Phillips and Maxine Duke, which was published in the journal of Advanced Nursing in 2001. Unfortunately, the entire article is not available publicly, but it can be accessed through the library. The authors highlighted the idea that many educators use lower level questions. In fact, about 87% of the questions asked by preceptors were lower level!

Even though this is a very short article, it provide a good comparison between mentors and mentees. The author recognizes that 'mentor' and 'preceptor' are often used interchangeably, and wanted to dispel the myth that they are one in the same. She also briefly explains how to become a mentor and mentions mentoring through the ASHP virtual mentoring program.

One of the biggest complaints of taking students on rotation is the time commitment. This is a great review of some tips to help you become an efficient preceptor. While it focuses more on a clinic setting, a lot of the basic concepts can be applied to various areas of pharmacy.

While this article does not relate directly to being a preceptor, it describes the success of a model of experiential learning within pharmacy- layered learner model. This model mirrors the medical team model with a pharmacy "attending" down to pharmacy students. It provides a way to get students more involved in direct patient care during your rotation. In the study, a community hospital was able to accept more students with this model and assign a small group of patients to each. Students were able to serve as pharmacist extenders by obtaining medication histories and providing patient education. This model allowed an expansion of comprehensive pharmacy services to numerous patients that would not have been otherwise reached. There was an improvement in HCAHPS scores within the "communication of medication" domain, an increase in patient interventions, and allowed for an expansion of the discharge prescription program. By utilizing the concepts of more direct patient care, preceptors are able to provide valuable opportunities to students and improve patient care.

A website which gives a quick run-down of some of the qualities preceptors should have and incorporate into their teaching styles. Includes tables and charts for easier reading

This "monograph" has a nice outline of the basic components of precepting. Not the most visually appealing resource but the information is useful

This paper has a number of potentially "difficult" scenarios residents might encounter when precepting students and ways to overcome them. Definitely a great source for the resident preceptor.

Great perspective for a pharmacy resident in a complicated and challenging role

Great guidance and exercises to read through on preceptorship

Chapter 1 of ASHP's provided preceptor book, titled "Preceptor's Handbook for Pharmacists." It provides the tools needed for effective precepting and experiential learning.