Advanced Practice Provider Preceptor Development Workshop

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1850 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (Room 114)

Exclusive to Stanford Health Care & Stanford Children's Health (LPCH) Employees

This 3 hour workshop is designed for the Advanced Practice Provider who is interested in becoming a preceptor to either an APP Fellow, a new APP and/or an APP student. The workshop is designed as an introductory course to the role of the preceptor as well as a review for seasoned preceptors. Participants will learn about the role of the preceptor in assisting fellows, new graduates, or students in becoming competent and effective professional providers by utilizing appropriate adult teaching styles and effective communication strategies. The goal of the workshop is to provide participants tools and strategies to facilitate an effective precepting relationship with awareness of their biases.

1. Identify the importance of reviewing learning styles with preceptees.
2. Define a couple of precepting method useful for high demand, busy in-patient or out-patient settings.
3. Describe a couple of effective feedback delivery methods.
4. Discuss how one's own unintended biases may affect precepting.

1. Self-report gain knowledge of teaching and communication tools which can be applied to their practice as a preceptor.
2. Self-report gained knowledge of teaching and communication tools which can be applied to their practice as a preceptor.
3. Self-report gained knowledge of teaching and communication tools which can be applied to their practice as a preceptor.
4. Self-report gained knowledge of teaching and communication tools which can be applied to their practice as a preceptor.
5. Identify the importance of reviewing learning styles with preceptees.
6. Define a couple of precepting method useful for high demand, busy in-patient or out-patient settings.
7. Discuss appropriate adult teaching styles to use in precepting.
8. Describe effective communication/feedback strategies
9. Describe a couple of effective feedback delivery methods.
10. Discuss how one's own unintended biases may affect precepting.
11. Verbalize the difference between implicit and explicit biases.

Fee:  Complimentary for SHC and LPCH Employees

AAPA- American Academy of Physician Assistants Category 1 CME credit(s) (0.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center contact hour(s) (3.00 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses contact hour(s) (3.00 hours), General Attendance (3.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (Must select) (3.00 hours)

1. Stanford Health Care is provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).  Provider Number CEP12165.
2. Stanford Health Care Center for Education and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
*Neither SHC nor ANCC endorse any commercial products.
3. This activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Associates Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 3 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. Approval is valid from 2/20/2025 to 12/31/2025. AAPA reference number: CME-2012939..

 

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All rights reserved. No audio or video taping allowed. We reserve the right to make program changes. All students must be registered, attend the entire course, and submit an evaluation after course completion to earn credit hours.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Health Care (SHC) adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.