Preceptor Resources

Medical Student clinical rotations restarted the week of June 29, 2020. During their rotations, medical students are expected to use PPE supplied by their medical school. Download the Medical Student Handbook.

Through the end of 2020, OHSU is working on a 3+1 model of a three-week onsite rotation and one week of virtual didactic lectures provided by OHSU.

St. Charles’ Wednesday afternoon didactic lectures are being offered from 4-5 p.m. Log-in information will be provided the Monday before every lecture, and it can also be checked on the CME Event Calendar.

Given the shift to virtual patient visits, OHSU has provided the following guidelines for their medical students and supervising preceptors:

• OHSU UME Guidelines for Students' Telehealth Encounters with Inpatients
• Dept. of Education Suspension of Federal Student Loan Payments

St. Charles COVID-19 Guidelines

• Download the St. Charles COVID-10 Guidelines for Clinical Practice & Professional Development.

Use MyClinicalExchange.com to Submit Rescheduling Requests

If you are a student with rescheduling needs, please contact your school's clinical rotation coordinator or your advisor for specific instructions on how to proceed with your clinical rotations moving forward. See also our Clinical Rotation Process and Policy.

Medical school, NP, and PA clinical rotation coordinators (not students) are required to submit rescheduling requests through MyClinicalExchange.com. Email and voicemail requests will not be accepted or processed, due to the volume of rescheduling required.

Access to Academic Medical Center Libraries

• OHSU Medical Library Access for Adjunct Clinical Faculty (Barcode Required)
• OHSU Medical Library Access for Oregon-Licensed Healthcare Professionals (Oregon License Number Required)
• Western University COMP Medical Library

This section has been developed to provide Teachers of Medical Students, PA Students, and NP Students with resources on how to be an effective preceptor:

• How to be an Efficient and Effective Preceptor
• One Doctor’s Brief but Spectacular Take on Rural Medicine

UME Rotation Syllabi

• ACGME Core Entrustable Professional Activities (“Core EPAs”) for Entering Residency
• Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum AMA
• Journal of Family Medicine
• OHSU MD Program Student Handbook (January 6, 2020)
• Western University COMP DO Program Clinical Education
• Western University COMP Faculty Development
• American College of Physicians’ Curriculum for Residents

Improve your Teaching

• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
• American Medical Association
• Association for Hospital Medical Education
• American College of Physicians Teaching in Your Office (scroll down for resources and tips)
• American College of Physicians Teaching in the Hospital CME/MoC Activity
• AOA Teaching OMM
• AOA Summary of Teacher Scholar
• Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
• Journal of Medical Graduate Medical Education

Publishing and Scholarly Activity

• Academic Medicine
  Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The journal serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies to address the major challenges facing the academic medicine community as it strives to carry out its missions in the public interest. 
• BMC Medical education
  BMC Medical Education is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The journal has a special focus on curriculum development, evaluations of performance, assessment of training needs and evidence-based medicine.
• The Clinical Teacher 
  The Clinical Teacher is the journal for clinicians who teach and people who are involved in education in a health care setting. It provides easy access to the latest research, practice and thinking in clinical education across the health professions, presented in a readable, stimulating and practical style.
• Journal of Cancer Education
  This journal presents research that aims to improve current cancer education techniques and solve current problems that exist in educating patients, and strengthening existing programs. The Journal of Cancer Education serves as the ideal source to educate physicians, dentists, nurses, students, social workers as well as other allied health professionals, patients, and the general public in various aspects of cancer education techniques and current problems.
• The Journal of Graduate Medical Education
  The Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) disseminates scholarship and promotes critical inquiry to inform and engage the graduate medical education community to improve the quality of graduate medical education. It is a peer-reviewed, editorially independent journal published by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
• The Journal of Rural Health
  The Journal of Rural Health, a quarterly journal published by the National Rural Health Association, serves as a medium for communication among health scientists and professionals in practice, educational, research and policy settings. It is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to advancing professional practice, research, theory development and public policy related to rural health.
• Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
  The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) is the official journal of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, and the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education.
• Medical Education
  Medical Education seeks to be the pre-eminent journal in the field of education for health care professionals, and publishes material of the highest quality, reflecting world wide or provocative issues and perspectives.
• Medical Education Online
  The aims of MEO is to disseminate information on the education and training of physicians and other health care professionals.
• Medical Teacher
  Medical Teacher is the journal of AMEE, an international association for all involved with medical and healthcare professions education. Medical Teacher addresses the needs of teachers and administrators throughout the world involved in training for the health professions.
• MedEdPORTAL
  MedEdPORTAL is a MEDLINE-indexed, open-access journal of teaching and learning resources in the health professions published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in partnership with the American Dental Education Association. MedEdPORTAL publications are stand-alone, complete teaching or learning modules that have been implemented and evaluated with medical or dental trainees or practitioners.
• Southern Medical Journal
  The Southern Medical Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Medical Association. It has a multidisciplinary and inter-professional focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists.
• Teaching and Learning in Medicine
  Teaching and Learning in Medicine (TLM) is an international, forum for scholarship on teaching and learning in the health professions. Its international scope reflects the common challenge faced by all medical educators: fostering the development of capable, well-rounded, and continuous learners prepared to practice in a complex, high-stakes, and ever-changing clinical environment.