Clinical Match Me in the News
National newsrooms, healthcare trade press and industry analysts cite us when they write about how nurse practitioner students find clinical placements.
A national newsroom on the mentor shortage
The Hechinger Report followed nurse practitioner students through the search for a clinical mentor, and named the services they turn to.
Reporter Colleen Connolly spent months with students who had finished their coursework and still couldn’t graduate, because no licensed clinician would take them. The piece lays out how the shortage works, who it hits hardest, and what students end up paying to get past it.
“Another similar business, Clinical Match Me, usually charges students a flat rate of $1,995, with $1,000 going to the preceptor.”
Read the full Hechinger Report story for the clearest national account yet of the bottleneck we built the platform to solve.
Top-level nurses can’t finish their degrees because of a severe shortage of mentors
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Where else you’ll find us
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Why the Preceptor Bottleneck Is Becoming a Strategic Problem for U.S. Healthcare
“Preceptor-matching platforms such as [Clinical Match Me] exist precisely because that supply-demand gap has grown wide enough to become a structural drag on the entire profession.”
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How AI-Powered Matching Algorithms Are Tackling the Clinical Preceptor Shortage
“Platforms like the Clinical Match Me preceptor network, which has matched more than 10,000 NP students since 2014, illustrate how algorithmic approaches are changing the placement landscape.”
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North Carolina’s Nurse Practitioner Shortage and What It Means for Local Communities
“The platform covers all 50 states and all clinical specialties, holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and has hundreds of verified student reviews.”
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How Practicing Nurse Practitioners Can Earn Extra Income by Mentoring Students
“Online services such as Clinical Match Me have made it easier than ever for working NPs to connect with students who need mentoring, turning what used to be informal word-of-mouth arrangements into a more predictable side practice.”
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The Healthcare Side Gig Most Providers Don’t Know Exists
“Services like Clinical Match Me exist for exactly this reason, matching NPs, PAs, and physicians with nationwide preceptor opportunities from students looking for a clinical placement.”
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Clinical Match Me Announces Strategic Partnership with NPACE
“This partnership with NPACE is a testament to our dedication to offering unparalleled resources and opportunities to our clients,” said Brad Konia, CEO of Clinical Match Me.
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A Clinical Match Me media representative can walk you through what we see across placement requests, put our figures in context, or connect you with students and preceptors who have been through the process themselves.
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What reporters and students ask us
Is paying a preceptor allowed?+−
Yes. A preceptor honorarium compensates a licensed clinician for teaching time, the same way medical schools have paid faculty preceptors for decades. Schools set their own rules on documentation, and we supply whatever paperwork your program asks for.
Do you charge before I’m matched?+−
No. Signing up and posting a placement request costs nothing, and you owe nothing until you accept an offer from a preceptor you’ve chosen. There’s no subscription and no deposit.
What if my school rejects the preceptor?+−
You receive a refund. Our money-back guarantee covers a preceptor your school turns down and a preceptor who cancels before your rotation starts.
Isn’t this my school’s job?+−
Some programs place every student. Many don’t, and they say so in the enrollment agreement. If yours leaves the search to you, that’s the gap we fill, and it’s the gap the coverage above keeps describing.
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