Preceptors

	Adjunct Faculty Application

Preceptors are practicing, board-certified family physicians, many of whom are former RPAP students. The primary preceptors hold unpaid adjunct faculty appointments in the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.

Students also have the opportunity to work with other community physicians in family medicine and other specialties. Occasionally the primary preceptor may be trained in another primary care specialty.

Since RPAP began, more than 700 preceptors have helped students integrate the knowledge of the basic sciences with the practical problem-solving of clinical medicine. They teach and model effective communication, patient-centered care, practice management, and community-based health promotion and education.

Preceptors are oriented individually on site and receive a guidebook outlining the expectations and processes of the program. Through the University, they have access to the Biomedical Library and other faculty development resources.

Requirements

• Specialty board certification
• Interest in and time for teaching
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Willing to be responsible for coordination of RPAP experience on site and for evaluation of student performance

Benefits

• Adjunct clinical faculty appointment
• Teaching/learning experience
• Free CME credits
• University faculty consultation
• University e-mail account and online resources
• Potential recruitment of future colleagues
• Opportunity to help train the next generation of Minnesota physicians