Measuring and assessing the competencies of preceptors in health professions: a systematic scoping review

Bartlett, Andrew D.; Um, Irene S.; Luca, Edward J.; Krass, Ines; Schneider, Carl R.

doi:10.1186/s12909-020-02082-9

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Table 2 Preceptor competency and assessment in health professions

From: Measuring and assessing the competencies of preceptors in health professions: a systematic scoping review

Competency with identified measures of performance	GRADE CERQual Confidence in evidence	Assessment measure	Setting
-Effective communication skills [8,9,10,11, 24, 25, 29,30,31,32,33, 42, 45, 47,48,49, 53, 57, 59, 60]	Moderate to high	Peer observed practice [30, 33, 42, 59] Peer observed simulation [31]	Medicine [31, 59] Nursing [42] Pharmacy [30, 33]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [26, 43, 53, 57]	Nursing [43] Pharmacy [26, 53, 57]
		Preceptee survey [8, 26, 33, 53, 57]	Nursing [8] Pharmacy [26, 33, 53, 57]
-Role model practitioner [8,9,10, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 41,42,43,44, 46, 48, 49, 58, 59]	Moderate to high	Peer observed practice [30, 33, 36, 42, 59]	Medicine [59] Nursing [42] Pharmacy [30, 33, 36]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [26, 36, 43]	Nursing [43] Pharmacy [26, 36]
		Preceptee survey [8, 26, 36, 46]	Medicine [46] Nursing [8] Pharmacy [26, 36]
-Adapts to the learning needs of students [10, 11, 30, 37, 44, 47, 58, 59]	Moderate to high	Peer observed practice [30, 31, 42, 59] Peer observed simulation [55]	Medicine [31, 55, 59] Nursing [42] Pharmacy [30]
-Commitment to excellence in teaching [8, 9, 11, 29, 30, 32, 42,43,44]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [30, 42]	Nursing [42] Pharmacy [30]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [43]	Nursing [43]
		Preceptee survey [8]	Nursing [8]
-Demonstrates respect for the learner [42, 46, 47, 59]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [42, 59]	Medicine [59] Nursing [42]
-Demonstrates respect for the learner [42, 46, 47, 59]	Moderate	Preceptee survey [46, 54]	Medicine [46, 54]
Demonstrate reflective practice [8, 10, 11, 32]	Moderate	Preceptee survey [8]	Nursing [8]
Effective provision of feedback [9,10,11, 26, 32, 36, 42, 52, 55]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [36, 42] Peer observed simulation [55]	Nursing [42] Medicine [55] Pharmacy [36]
		Preceptee survey [26, 36]	Pharmacy [26, 36]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [26, 36]	Pharmacy [26, 36]
Demonstrate reflective practice [10, 11, 29, 32]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [42]	Nursing [42]
Demonstrate reflective practice [10, 11, 29, 32]	Moderate	Preceptee survey [8]	Nursing [8]
-Facilitate critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making development [8, 11, 30, 32, 41, 53, 55, 57, 59]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [30, 59] Peer observed simulation [55]	Medicine [55, 59] Pharmacy [30]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [53]	Pharmacy [53]
		Preceptee survey [8, 53, 57]	Nursing [8] Pharmacy [53, 57]
-Encourage self-directed learning [9, 52, 54, 56]	Moderate	Preceptee survey [52, 54]	Medicine [52, 54]
-Leadership and management skills [9, 25]	Low-moderate
Skills of effective preceptors without indicators of performance identified.	GRADE CERQual Confidence in evidence	Assessment measure	Setting
-Organised and ability to prioritize [32, 33, 42, 43]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [33, 42]	Nursing [42] Pharmacy [33]
-Organised and ability to prioritize [32, 33, 42, 43]	Moderate	Preceptor self-evaluation survey [43]	Nursing [43]
-Empathetic [27, 30, 32, 41, 47]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [30]	Pharmacy [30]
-Ethical [31, 32, 42]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [31, 42]	Nursing [42] Medicine [31]
-Approachable and flexible [26, 30, 42, 45,46,47]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [30, 42]	Nursing [42] Pharmacy [30]
-Approachable and flexible [26, 30, 42, 45,46,47]	Moderate	Preceptee survey [26, 46]	Medicine [46] Pharmacy [26]
-Enthusiasm for teaching Preceptees [32, 33, 36, 42, 43]	Moderate	Peer observed practice [33, 36, 42]	Nursing [42] Pharmacy [33, 36]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [36, 43]	Nursing [43] Pharmacy [36]
		Preceptee survey [36]	Pharmacy [36]
-Open to receiving feedback [26, 32, 36, 46]	Low	Peer observed practice [36]	Pharmacy [36]
		Preceptor self-evaluation survey [26]	Pharmacy [26]
		Preceptee survey [26, 46]	Medicine [46] Pharmacy [26]

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