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preceptor
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Preceptorships are training sessions in which an industry representative spends time (often a day) observing a physician in the office or in the operating room.
Research has shown that preceptorship is an important tool for recruitment of new graduates to rural areas (Neill & Taylor, 2002) thus challenges for rural preceptorships such as boundary issues need to be identified and resolved.
An Australian midwife, McKenna (2003) writes "unlike mentoring, preceptorships are primarily clinical teaching roles that are used to support the transition of mentees and graduates into new clinical environments" (p.
 
 
 
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