Preceptor Newsletter
Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy
The Costs of Mentoring
Mentoring students can be extremely rewarding, but also incredibly draining A recent article from the Harvard Business Review highlights the risk factors for mentor burnout and offers some solutions that may be helpful
More resources on mentor burnout
Yes, It's Possible to Be a Mentor Without Burning Out (Available here)
Mentoring: A Typology of Costs for Higher Education Faculty
Lunsford, L G, Baker, V, Gri n, K A, &Johnson, W B (2013) Mentoring:ATypologyofCostsfor HigherEducationFaculty. Mentoring&Tutoring:PartnershipinLearning, 21(2), 126–149.
doi:101080/136112672013813725
Is It Normal to Experience Burnout as a Mentor?
WilkinsonST . IsItNormaltoExperienceBurnoutasaMentor?HospitalPharmacy. 2022;0(0).
doi:101177/00185787221133802
Important Upcoming Dates
December: Class of 2024 APPE schedule (2023-24) draft created in CORE ELMS
December 19-January 2: PCSP Christmas Break (P1-P3)
January: APPE Preceptor evaluations released (May-Nov)
January 10-February 14: IPPE Spring-1
January-February: Class of 2024 APPE individual student meetings
February 28-April 21: IPPE Spring-2
March: Class of 2024 APPE schedule released
March 13-17: Spring Break (P1-P3)
April: IPPE schedules and assignments created
April 7-10: Easter Break (P1-P3)
April 30: All outstanding APPE grades due
May 1: Class of 2024 begins APPEs
May 5: Class of 2023 Graduation and Doctoral Hooding
June: Preceptor evaluations released (Dec-April)
Celebrating Thanksgiving at Clear Skye Treatment Center
"IamalwayshappywithPCstudentsbecausetheyreallydiveintothisrotation, butthesetwoladies wentaboveandbeyondthenormalrotationduties Ourpatientsandstaffweresoexcitedaboutthe Thanksgivingfooddriveandallthebagswewereabletohandouttopatientsinneed. Wewereableto helparound50patientsandtheirfamiliesforThanksgiving!Butthecareandexcitementthesetwo showedforourpatientswasoutstanding!Gabbytooktimewhenshewasvisitingfamilytogo shoppingforfooditemsandAlexiscamebackduringNovembertohelpuspackbags, aftershehad nishedmyrotation!It'strulyablessingtoseestudentslikethesecomingupanditmakesmeexcited forourprofession "
Library Password Policy
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Library resources are available here: https://lib presby edu/preceptorlibraryresources
Continuing Education and Preceptor Development Events
American Pharmacists Association Preceptor Guide: Available for download from APhA
On-Demand Offerings:
Medication Safety and Quality Improvement in Community Pharmacy (Free from NABP)
Precepting Generation Z (Free for ASHP Members)
Exploring the Pass-Fail Grading Model in Pharmacy Education (Free for ASHP Members)
NEW! FDA Proposed Rule revising the NDC format (Free from FDA)
NEW! Precept Responsibly Podcast
Live Offerings:
Nov 29, 1pm: "The Safety Evaluation and Surveillance of Generic Drugs" (Free from FDA)
