Are you a healthcare student with the overwhelming burden of finding your own clinical preceptor because your university did not provide one? If so, then you have probably experienced firsthand the stress, anxiety, discouragement, hopelessness, and even embarrassment of cold calling medical providers in hopes that they would take you on as a student. You are not alone! Current statistics show that:
Concerning Statistics
According to a new AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) report, 84% of medical school deans were concerned about the number of clerkship sites even before the pandemic. More than 70% of surveyed deans worried about having enough qualified specialty preceptors, and the response jumped to 87% for primary care preceptors.
In addition to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and students in other health professions are increasingly looking for hands-on training too
There is also competition for spots from offshore medical schools that can’t offer core clinical experiences where they’re located and rely on training sites within the United States
Many graduate programs lack a network of preceptors, forcing students to reach out to anyone who will agree to precept. Healthcare provider programs often compete for the same clinical sites and preceptors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the preceptor shortage worse by causing justified and widespread concern among the healthcare community.
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