The Effective Preceptor Series

The 10 pamphlets in the APGO Effective Preceptor Series, written and published by the APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC) provide preceptors with practical tools for teaching and evaluating students. The easy-to-read pamphlets are also valuable across disciplines and are available for free downloading as well as purchase:

Introduction to Preceptorship & Preceptors

Providing Educational Feedback

Asking the Difficult Questions in a Patient Encounter Provides Great Teaching Opportunities

The Preceptor and the Curriculum

Precepting: What To Do Before the Learners Arrive

Teaching Skills for the Preceptor: The Microskills Model

Teaching Skills for the Preceptor: Learner-Centered Model

The Hidden Curriculum: What Are You Teaching?

The Preceptor and Cultural Competence

Faculty Development for the Community-Based Preceptor: Enhancement of Teaching Skills

The price for hard copies is three for $5. Individually, they are $2 each. Click here for an order form or visit the bookstore.

These pamphlets can also be printed from this site in six-panel fold-outs to be read in a particular order. When printing them out, page 5 should be read first, then the rest in order of printout.