Individualizing Physicians' Educational Needs

Participants may outline their individual needs in the written application. The admissions committee reviews this and further explores individual goals during a personal interview. Within the overall structure of the course, physicians may invidualize their assignments/learning based on their goals/need.

During the physician refresher structured preceptorship, participants will:

• Learn with several preceptors: each a clinician educator of a different specialty with experience in teaching the adult learner/reentry physician as well as educators of medical students and resident
• Have the opportunity to care for virtual online patients and standardized patients (laypersons trained to be medical educators — in that role, they portray a patient and remain true to standardization factors, giving feedback on learners' performance), where they will receive formative feedback and assessment
• Participate in the doctoring curriculum, which emphasizes acculturation into current U.S. practices, physician well-being, documentation and coding guidelines, feedback skills, practicing board review questions, quality of care and disclosure of medical errors
• Formally meet with the director for feedback, monitor progress in meeting the educational goals, receive assistance with any potential barriers, and revise the goals or curricula as necessary
• Have opportunities for presentations
• Build a portfolio of accomplishments which documents activities completed and performance evaluations by faculty
• Explore career paths

Structured Preceptorship Target Audience

• Reentry: Physicians who wish to regain licensure and return to active clinical medicine after an extended leave
• Update: Physicians who wish to enhance their focus or area of interest and refresh their knowledge to become more up-to-date
• Refresh: Physicians who have been clinically inactive and are seeking a refresher before returning to practice
• Assess: regularly receive formative and summative feedback on multi-source assessments
• International medical graduates who wish to become acculturated into the U.S. medical system, to prepare for residency or enhance competitiveness for a U.S. graduate medical education training program
• Physicians who wish to enhance their clinical skills

Structured Preceptorship Faculty

Physicians will work with multiple clinician educators (dedicated to physician reentry) of various specialties.

Faculty members are from Drexel University College of Medicine under the leadership of Nielufar Varjavand, MD.

View continuing medical education credit information and faculty disclosures for the structured preceptorship

Structured Preceptorship Goals and Objectives

The goals and objectives of the structured preceptorship address several maintenance of certification (MOC) objectives and core competencies defined by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), competencies set forth by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the physicians' individual goals.

 
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