Evaluations

Mid-Clerkship Evaluation Form (for Family Medicine Clerkships only)
This evaluation is to be completed at the mid-point (6 weeks) of the family medicine clerkship. It does not affect the student’s grade, but is still required for successful completion of the clerkship. The evaluation is intended to foster and facilitate feedback from the preceptor to the student regarding their progress in this rotation.

Final Clerkship Evaluation Form (for all rotations)
This evaluation is to be completed during the final week of the student’s rotation. It is used to assess their medical knowledge and clinical skills development and is calculated into the final grade assigned for this rotation. We hope that this information will be shared with the student prior to the end of their rotation, as further feedback to help them identify areas of strength and those areas needing further development.

Clinical Year Handbook

The following handbook was developed to serve as a guide and resource for preceptors of University of Nebraska Medical Center Physician Assistant students. Please review the handbook prior to working with students and refer to it as needed.

UNMC PA Program Preceptor Handbook

Teaching Resources

Orienting/Integrating Students into a Busy Practice

• Introducing/Orienting a PA Student to Your Practice (PAEA link)
• Incorporating Students into Patient Care/Workflow (PAEA link)
• Setting Expectations: An Educational Monograph for Community-Based Teachers (doc): This document outlines both a timeline and comprehensive ways to develop expectations for both the learner and teacher.

Clinical Teaching Strategies and Resources

• UNMC Clinical Teaching Resources
• The One-Minute Preceptor
• SNAPPS: A Six-Step Learner-Centered Approach to Clinical Education
• Tailoring Clinical Teaching to an Individual Student
• Characteristics of Effective Clinical Teachers (pdf): This study looks at what residents and faculty consider to be the most effective characteristics of clinical preceptors
• Tough talk: A toolbox for medical educators: An excellent 60 page teaching skills manual from University of Washington School of Medicine.
• One to one teaching and feedback: A clinical review article on ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: One to one teaching and feedback
• E-tips for practice education: Preceptor Development Initiative: 8 modules on Setting The Stage for Clinical Teaching; The Role Learning Plays in the Practice Education Experience; Enhancing Your Teaching Skills; Fostering Clinical Reasoning; Giving Feedback; The Evaluation Process in Practice Education; Supporting The Struggling Student; and Strategies for Resolving Conflicts.
• Using EBM (pdf): This handout highlights approaches to using evidence-based medicine when working with a student.

Giving Effective Feedback

• Feedback (ARCH approach) (pdf): This handout highlights the ARCH approach to providing feedback to learners.
• Feedback and Reflection: Teaching Methods for Clinical Settings (pdf): This article describes how to use these two clinical teaching methods effectively.
• Twelve tips for giving feedback effectively in the clinical environment.

Difficult Teaching Situations

• Providing Difficult Feedback: TIPS for the Problem Learner (pdf): This article provides an easy-to-use “TIPS” strategy to address difficult learners or learning situations.
• Dealing with the Difficult Learning Situations: An Educational Monograph for Community-Based Teachers (doc): These documents outline strategies for both preventing and managing difficult learning situations.