Team Preceptorship Model: A Solution for Students' Clinical Experience

Table 2

Themes from students’ group.

Themes	Quotes
Accessibility of preceptors	R1 “Well I think it was good to know that your preceptor was always there when you had a question or you didn’t know what to do. We had our own cubicles which were pretty close to our preceptors, so we knew where to find her if we had any questions and if we needed anything”.
	R5 “…and also sometimes we had one on one with her because a preceptor tends to have 2 or 3 students while the faculty could have 10 or more students. So it was easier to get hold of them and they spent more time with you”.
Expertise of preceptors	R3 “It was really nice because they have the expertise in this area, if we were… with a faculty, who has a background in public health, it would make a difference. We benefitted more from preceptors’ expertise and knowledge than from faculty”.
	R6 “Another thing about this semester, lots of people was like me. We got a lot of opportunities to do activities outside the Health Department with our preceptors. They really showed us what else they do in the community, and included us and made sure that we knew how our project was incorporated within the community”.
	R7 “You identify in your learning plan that your preceptor is there to highlight learning experiences for you that correspond with your learning plan, to help you accomplish your goals. For me, it was a very effective approach. I mean we get a lot more experience by having a knowledgeable preceptor with much more diverse experience as opposed to having one faculty member with 10 to 12 students. We got much attention”.
Public health activities took; too long to be implemented	R4 “Community nursing (home health) is very different from public health nursing. I think because of the differences we were kind of impatient, banging our heads”.
	R9 “I could not do anything because things take such a long time with meeting after meeting and they have teams, so no decision could be made unless they met all together. And so it was a very slow progress. Coming from a hospital where things happen overnight, there was not an end to any of the projects that Reproductive Health was working on. I got a chance to experience a home visit which was fabulous and that was probably the best afternoon of the entire 13 weeks”.