Dear PCC Preceptor,

Thank you again for serving as a preceptor for a third year PCC students.

Key Task: One-Minute Preceptor
The One-Minute Preceptor is a model for teaching in the office.

For further reading:

• The One-minute Preceptor: Shaping the Teaching Conversation. Fam Med 2003;35(6)391-3 Jon O. Neher, MD; Nancy G. Stevens, MD, MPH
• Evidence-based Office Teaching-The Five-step Microskills Model of Clinical Teaching (Fam Med 2006;38(3):164-7.) Sarah Parrott, DO; Alison Dobbie, MD; Heidi Chumley, MD; James W. Tysinger, PhD
• Strategies for Efficient Office Precepting (Fam Med 2005;37(4):239-41.) Alison E. Dobbie, MD

What's Going On: What your student will be doing when not in clinic:
Each week students meet in small groups for the Problem Based Learning Cases. They also participate in three sessions centered on Patient/Doctor Communication Skills. In each week's email I will include information about what conditions your student will be discussing. You can greatly reinforce the small group learning by sharing your clinical experience with the topics covered in these sessions.

Reminder: Review Your Student's ClinicalLearning Plan
At the start of the rotation your students identified clinical goals on their Clinical Learning Plan. Your student listed areas in which she/he desired additional experience and/or assistance during the rotation. Your student should share this plan with you as soon as possible so you can discuss ways to achieve their goals. The plan also includes a list of clinical experiences your student is required to track.

Resources: An easy way to remember what students most want from their preceptors?: 4 L's

1. Let them see patients by themselves
2. Listen to their H&P, assessments
3. Look at ‘em while they talk to or examine patients
4. Learn 'em (5 Microskills)

Let them see patients by themselves: One of the most important aspects of the PCC is the opportunity for students to simply talk with patients. This builds their confidence, their sense of self as a physician, and their appreciation of primary care.
While shadowing to see how you do something is important, it should not be how the student spends the majority of his/her time.

Thanks for your time and contribution to medical education. Let me or Claire Ann Boyce, claire.boyce@fammed.wisc.edu. know if you have questions or problems.

John Brill, MD
Director, Primary Care Clerkship
John.brill.md@aurora.org