Preceptors
The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education defines a Preceptor as a certified/licensed professional who teaches and evaluates students in a clinical setting using an actual patient base. The qualifications and responsibilities of a Preceptor are as follows:
Preceptor Qualifications:
Athletic training clinical experiences are supervised by a preceptor who is an athletic trainer or a physician.
Preceptors are health care providers whose experience and qualifications include the following:
- Licensure as a health care provider, credentialed by the state in which they practice
- BOC certification in good standing and state credential for preceptors who are solely credentialed as athletic trainers
- Planned and ongoing education for their role as a preceptor
- Contemporary expertise
Preceptors function to supervise, instruct, and mentor students during clinical education in accordance with the program’s policies and procedures. Preceptors who are athletic trainers or physicians assess students’ abilities to meet the curricular content standards.
Preceptor Responsibilities:
- Supervise students during clinical education
- Provide instruction and assessment of the current knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities designated by the Commission
- Provide instruction and opportunities for the student to develop clinical integration proficiencies, communication skills and clinical decision-making during actual patient/client care
- Provide assessment of athletic training students’ clinical integration proficiencies, communication skills and clinical decision-making during actual patient/client care;
- Facilitate the clinical integration of skills, knowledge, and evidence regarding the practice of athletic training
- Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with the program's policies and procedures
If you are interested in serving as a Preceptor then please contact Kristin LoNigro” please hyperlink her name to her email address: Kristin.lonigro@hofstra.edu.
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