Individual Teachings

Internal Medicine Teaching Team Co-Preceptor

• Number and experience of learners: One
• Experience of learners: Student was on her 3rd pharmacy rotation of P4 year
• Date/setting/length: August 2nd - August 31st, 2017; Setting was at CAVHS mostly in the resident office and on internal medicine rounds; Length of teaching was 1 month
• Preparation time involved: This teaching did not require preparation time and was more "on the job" learning.
• Participants comfort level in leading the activity: This was my first experience co-precepting a student and it occurred during my first learning experience of residency. I had no prior experience in this area. I found that coming up with ideas/tasks for the student and setting aside specific time to teach was the most difficult part of this teaching activity.
• Teaching/assessment materials used: Patient charts and medication lists
• Methods for assessing learners understanding: Allowed student to ask questions daily, asked the student questions regarding medication therapy, and made an evaluation for the student at the end of the month
• Teaching goal/s addressed: 1,2, and 3
• Reflection of teaching experience: This was my first student to co-precept and this teaching experience also took place during my first rotation of residency. I was very nervous entering into this role so early in residency. I gave the student tasks and aspects to build upon each week, for example, working up 3 patients the first week and working up half of the team the last week, and this worked well to keep the student growing in their clinical abilities each week. Throughout the month, I was unsure of how to make time for required daily activities as well as setting aside separate time to teach and do topic discussions with the student. I also would have liked to teach the student more over the course of the month.
• Student Evaluation of Internal Medicine Rotation

Pain and Palliative Co-Preceptor

• Number and experience of learners: One P4 student
• Date/setting/length: November 2nd - 30th, 2017; Setting was at CAVHS in the resident's office, the palliative care unit, and the outpatient pain clinic; Length of teaching was 1 month
• Preparation time involved: This teaching did not require preparation time and was more "on the job" learning.
• Participants comfort level in leading the activity: This was my third experience co-precepting a P4 student and I had more experience in this area than at the beginning of residency. I asked my preceptor if I could take on more of a primary preceptor role to become even more comfortable in this area. As with other times co-precepting, the most difficult part was coming up with new ideas for the student and setting aside time to teach outside of topic discussions and on rounds.
• Teaching/assessment materials used: Patient charts and medication lists, topic discussions with student, in-service, asking the student for feedback and providing feedback to the student
• Methods for assessing learners understanding: Progress throughout the month, midpoint and final evaluation, allowing the student to ask questions daily
• Teaching goal/s addressed: 1,2, and 3
• Reflection of teaching experience: This experience involved my third and last student to co-precept during my residency year. I took on more of the "primary" preceptor role, which I had not done with previous students and challenged the student to work up more patients and look at them more in detail each week. As with my previous co-precepting experiences, I would have liked to set aside more time to spend teaching the student in a one-on-one environment. However, I found out the student's interests early on in the rotation and let the student focus more on those aspects. For example, the student was interested in the outpatient clinic over inpatient rounding, so I allowed him the opportunities to partake in clinic as much as possible.
• Pain Palliative Evaluation