Become a Preceptor

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NEW PRECEPTOR - Getting Started

If you are considering becoming a preceptor for any students and would like to be contacted, please submit your name and contact info or email a contact directly.

Submit name and contact info 

OR contact directly:

Foundations (MS Years 1-2)

Twin Cities: Dr. James Nixon at [email protected]

Duluth: Dr. Ray Christensen at [email protected]

Clinical Immersion and Transitions 

Holly Proffitt at [email protected]

 

Foundations (Years 1-2)

Submit name and contact info 

OR contact directly:

Foundations (MS Years 1-2)

Twin Cities: Dr. James Nixon at [email protected]

Duluth: Dr. Ray Christenson at [email protected]

 

Clinical Immersion and Transitions to Residency

Clerkship: Infrastructure, Expectations and Resources
  • How Does Clinical Learning Compare to Pre-Clinical Learning?
  • What are Things I Should Know About My Learning Environment?
  • Learning Requirements in Clerkships
  • Completing and Submitting RCEs
  • Site-Based Resources

Contact:

  Submit name and contact info   OR email Holly Proffitt at [email protected]  

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Rural Clinical Opportunities (Years 1-4)

For more information on any of the programs below, contact the Rural Programs Coordinator:

Veronica Olson at:  [email protected]  

Rural Clinical Opportunities (pdf)

 

Rural Observation Experience (ROE)

  • Summer before Medical School
  • Shadowing experience 
  • 2 to 3 Days on site with a rural family physician
  • ROE Program Website

 

Rural Early Clinical Immersion (RECIP)

  • 1st and 2nd years of Medical School (Foundations Phase)
  • Longitudinal, hands-on experience 
  • Three, clinical site visits, 1 week in March, April, and October

 

Summer Internship in Medicine (SIM)

  • Summer between 1st and 2nd year of Medical School (Foundations Phase), Elective
  • Hands-On Experience
  • Two-week blocks in July and August
  • SIM Program Website

 

Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)

  • 3rd Year of Medical School (Clinical Immersion Phase)
  • Medical Student lives and trains for 9-months in a rural community under the supervision of preceptors who are family physicians 
  • Longitudinal, hands-on experience 
  • Experience full spectrum of rural medical care
  • RPAP Program Website

 

FMCH 7520 Primary Care Elective

  • 3rd or 4th Year of Medical School (Clinical Immersion or Transitions Phases), Elective 
  • 4-week rural rotation in family medicine 
  • Students have completed some core clinical clerkships, and thus may actively participate in clinical care under the supervision of a community physician preceptor
  • Course Directory including syllabus

 

 

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New Course Idea

If you are interested in teaching students in a clinical setting in your specialty, please contact us.

New Site for Existing Course

If you are interested in teaching students in a clinical setting for an existing course in your specialty, please contact us.

 UMN Course Directory

For more information, contact Holly Proffitt at [email protected]