Implementation of a university-wide health-system collaborative to provide pharmacy preceptor development across multiple institutions.

Abstract

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Purpose: The University of California Preceptor Development Collaborative was established in 2022 across 5 academic medical centers and 3 schools of pharmacy. The collaborative aimed to streamline preceptor development efforts, enhance collaboration, and meet accreditation standards efficiently by providing quarterly preceptor development programming across all sites to residency and school preceptors. This article describes the implementation of the collaborative and assesses the number of attendees, attendee satisfaction, and cost during the pilot year.

Summary: During the pilot year, 5 live virtual preceptor development modules were developed for pharmacist preceptors. There were 631 credit hours claimed (196 from session 1, 106 from session 2, 68 from session 3, 123 from session 4, and 138 from session 5). Preceptor satisfaction, as measured from completed postsession evaluations (n = 704), was high (a median score of 5 on a Likert scale where 1 = none at all, 2 = a little, 3 = a moderate amount, 4 = a lot, and 5 = a great deal) for meeting educational, professional, teaching, or clinical needs. There was strong agreement (median score of 5 on Likert scale where 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = somewhat disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = somewhat agree, and 5 = strongly agree) that the modules improved knowledge, ability to change practice, and ability to have positive impacts on trainees and patients. The cost per attendee for this series was $1.58 per continuing education credit.

Conclusion: A multi-institution state-wide preceptor collaborative effort produced quarterly continuing education for residency and school of pharmacy preceptors who were affiliated with the sites. This approach to preceptor development is a convenient, satisfactory, and cost-effective method to deliver training for pharmacy preceptors.