Preceptorship please tell me how yours worked.

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Hey all a quick question on your hospital clinical time. Did you guys have a preceptor? Were they a hospital staff member like a charge nurse or a person from your school? Did any of you as basic students have a basic as your preceptor?

Any info on how your program worked in regard to preceptors would be much appreciated.
 
No preceptor for our clinicals. You reported to the charge of each unit you went to and followed whoever you were assisgned to.
 
I was assigned to a hospital unit. Most times I followed the MD/DO/PA/NP. The rest of the time I was with nurses or on my own practicing skills/assessments.
 
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Medic Tim said:
I was assigned to a hospital unit. Most times I followed the MD/DO/PA/NP. The rest of the time I was with nurses or on my own practicing skills/assessments.
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My clinical experience was very similar.
 
How mine worked for EMS?

I reported in and was basically treated like junior staff.

But that was a long time ago...

It has been determined that specific preceptors who are specifcally trained in what is expectedof students and determined of sufficent disposition to expertly but fairly apply such is a better model.
 
My program provides (paid) preceptors for all hospital clinicals, they are either paramedics or RN's (and in some cases they are both) They meet with the students define and set goals for the shift and then supervise and assist while interacting with staff as required.

For rides during P1 (first semester) any paramedic is allowed to precept (with at least 1 year in the field and NO write ups) as there is nothing much in the way of skills that the student can do. For P2 and P3 (internship) the medical director must approve all paramedics who wish to be preceptors and they are provided additional training on what is expected by him, and by the program manager.
 
We arrive at the hospital and check in with the Charge Nurse, who appoints an employee to follow and assist. The employee is supposed to be a tech, which here is a paramedic, but it usually ends up being a nurse.
 
When I was in school we never had a specific preceptor we were supposed to report to in the hospital. We would usually report to a nurse and they would let us know where they wanted us, or they would hand us off to a physician.

When we were riding on a bus the technician would be our "preceptor". They did not receive any special training to "precept" us, they were just regular medics.
 
This was almost 10 years ago but I followed both docs, medics, and nurses as an EMT-P student. Also, as a basic, back then, we only had 4-6 ride alongs with a paramedic preceptor. There was never a basic to basic preceptorship so to speak. I worked in a level I children's ER & I would love getting paramedic students. They only had one day in children's and I wanted to make it count. Sometimes I would get students who would either say they "don't like PEDS" or would try to blow the day off because "kids=diesel" among other dismissive quips. It was my mission in life to have them practice their pediatric assessment, apply their knowledge, use their skills, and hopefully have them feeling a little more confident by the end of the day. Also, the best part about having students is that I would learn also.
 
My clinical time for basic consisted of 5 hours in the ER and 5 in triage.
I reported to the charge nurse when I arrived for the ER time. I was instructed to get vitals on various patients and report back to the nurse. I also assisted in bagging a patient until the respiratory therapist arrived.
For my time in triage, I took vitals and escorted patients to their beds as needed.
 
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