Why precept for Clinical Match Me?
Discover the Benefits of Becoming a Preceptor
Precepting for Clinical Match Me can be a tremendously rewarding experience for both preceptors and students.
Honorarium
Receive a minimum $1,000 honorarium for each student you accept as a preceptor.
Opportunity to Evaluate Potential Employees
During the preceptorship, you’ll have the chance to observe and evaluate students’ clinical skills, personalities and work ethics.
Develop Future Clinicians
As a preceptor, you play a crucial role in the development of future nurse practitioners.
CE / CME Credits
In many cases, you may be able to receive CE or CME credits for precepting.
Professional Benefits
Becoming a Nurse Practitioner preceptor not only provides a minimum $1,000 honorarium for each student accepted, but also offers unique recruitment opportunities for future hires and the chance to contribute to the development of future clinicians.
Gain experience in mentorship, develop leadership skills, receive CE / CME credits and expand your professional network – all while keeping up with the latest clinical practices.
Enhance Leadership Skills
Becoming a Nurse Practitioner preceptor allows you to take on a leadership role and guide the development of future clinicians.
As a preceptor, you have the opportunity to share your expertise and knowledge with students, while also learning from them and staying updated on the latest clinical practices.
Frequently Asked Questions
A preceptor is an experienced nurse practitioner who provides hands-on clinical training and mentorship for nurse practitioner students.
To precept for Clinical Match Me, you must hold one of the following degrees:
- Medical Doctor (MD)
- Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Physician Assistant (PA)
Additionally, your medical license must be active and clear of any violations or suspensions.
Receive a minimum $1,000 honorarium for each student you accept, gain unique recruitment opportunities for future hires, contribute to the development of future clinicians, enhance leadership skills, and expand professional network.
We require the following profile information:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Specialties which you’re able to accept students for
- Copy of license
- Copy of board certifications (not required for MDs or DOs)
- Photo
- Information about the facility where you work
- W9, so we can pay you
After creating a preceptor account on our website, you can complete your profile by providing the information listed above.
As a preceptor, you play an important role in helping to train the next generation of healthcare providers. Many prospective preceptors ask what their day-to-day responsibilities include. Some schools have certain specific requirements for preceptors, but in general, the following principles apply:
- Create a pleasant and respectful environment for students.
- Orient students to the clinical site and explain the rules and policies.
- Establish protocols for students to follow. This includes explaining your expectations for how patient encounters should be handled.
- Review the objectives of each student’s course, to determine which clinical experiences will be most beneficial to them.
- Direct students to resources that will help them get the most from their clinical experience.
- Provide students with feedback after seeing each patient and/or at the end of each day.
- Help students learn to work independently.
- Provide a substitute preceptor in the event of an unforeseen schedule change.
- Promptly communicate issues of concern or unsafe practices to both students and the clinical site management.
- Submit requested student evaluations to students and/or schools.
- Verify and document each student’s clinical hours.
No, we match students with preceptors across every specialty. We value diversity and want our students to gain exposure to various clinical practices.
The time commitment varies depending on the preceptorship and student’s schedule. Typically, preceptors spend 3-4 days per week with the student.
Each rotation corresponds to a semester However, that doesn’t mean the student will be with you for the entire semester. NP students have to complete a certain number of clinical hours during the semester. It’s up to you to work out a schedule with a student that enables him or her to fulfill their clinical requirements. Depending on how often the student comes in, this may get done in a few weeks, or it may take a few months.
Rotations for PA students last 4 – 6 weeks.
NP students need to complete the specified number of clinical hours during the semester. It’s up to you and the student to work out a schedule for completing those hours. Most preceptors like to have students come in for about two days per week. This gives the student 16 hours per week, so they’d complete a typical 100-hour rotation in six weeks. However, this is just an example. Depending on the number of hours needed and your commitments with other students, you may want to have the student come in more frequently or less frequently.
PA students work full-time, coming in every day for 4 – 6 weeks. Their schedule is based on weeks, not clinical hours.
That depends on the university and the course. Typically, NP students need between 80 and 180 clinical hours per semester. For PA students, their schedule is based on weeks not hours. They normally come in every day for 4 – 6 weeks.
You’ll receive a minimum $1,000 honorarium per NP student, per semester. We allow you to set your own rates, but we recommend $1,000 per rotation, as most preceptors in our network charge that amount. If you charge more, it may limit the number of students you receive.
For PA students, you’ll receive $250/wk, with a typical rotation lasting 4 – 6 weeks. We pay the honorarium when the preceptorship starts.
- When a student starts their rotation, log in to your preceptor account and click the Request Payment button. This will notify our accounting department to issue a payment, which normally happens within one business day.
- Click the link in the email to claim the payment and select how you want to be paid.
Non-Psych Students
During the initial phase of the rotation, the student will mostly observe patient interactions. Later, as you become comfortable with the student, you may allow them to perform minor procedures under your supervision. Examples of procedures might be:
- Suturing
- Incision / drainage of abscesses
- Initial interpretation of x-rays
You determine the degree to which students interact with your patients. Ideally, this will increase over time, as you become more confident in the student’s abilities.
Psych Students
When seeing an individual psych patient, the student’s primary role is to observe the encounter. Students need to learn the interviewing skills required to make a diagnosis, or to assess the effectiveness of the patient’s medications. Psychotherapy students need to learn talk therapy techniques. You should discuss these techniques and protocols with the student, outside patient care. In group therapy sessions, you may invite students to play a more active role.
Yes, students have their own insurance. In some cases, the school provides the malpractice policy and you will receive a copy. If not, the student is required to purchase a policy and provide you with a copy.
We do not require any exclusivity, so if a student, not affiliated with Clinical Match Me, contacts you directly, you’re free to offer the student a preceptorship, without having to go through us.
However, if we refer a student to you, you may not work with that student directly. If we discover that a preceptor is trying to go around us, we will terminate that preceptor from our network.
Most schools allow students to do telepsych for their psych rotations. However, some schools require students to be physically present with the preceptor during the sessions, while other schools allow students to participate in telepsych sessions remotely.
Likewise, some preceptors may require students to be physically present in the same room with them, while other preceptors may allow students to participate in sessions remotely.
\Since there are multiple combinations possible, we separate our psych specialties into “in person” and “remote student”. If you select an “in person” psych specialty, it means you require students to be physically present with you during sessions. If you select a “remote student” psych specialty, it means you allow students to participate remotely. As a psych preceptor, you may select either of these, or both.
Yes, students may request that you submit an evaluation of their performance to their school.
We recommend precepting no more than three students simultaneously. However, you can take more students by scheduling them on different days. Some schools may also impose their own limits.
Our students come from hundreds of different graduate nursing programs and PA programs in all 50 states. Students hire us to help them find preceptors.
Yes, if you determine a student to be unsafe, or if a student violates any of your policies or procedures, you may terminate the student at your discretion.
