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There are many personal and professional satisfactions that come with being a preceptor, including:

  • professional involvement in the teaching/learning process
  • validates and reinforces professional values and practice
  • stimulates innovative and improved practice
  • the opportunity to step back and appreciate one's own contribution to the profession
  • contributions to future health care through influencing a student's practice
  • the opportunity to network with other preceptors.

I think, as a preceptor, I am passing on something of value to my students. I am passing on knowledge that not all people have. Some days I take my knowledge for granted, and teaching new professionals reminds me of the value of the things I have learned from my years of experience. Being a preceptor reminds me to look at things from a different perspective and with fresh eyes.

Preceptor

School of Health and Public Safety

The position of the preceptor has offered me a daily challenge in dealing with both the students and the work; rarely is the work boring. It has also forced me to learn the work thoroughly and to continue learning all aspects of the department; the student inadvertently pushes me to do better.

Preceptor

School of Health and Public Safety

Preceptor training

SAIT's School of Health and Public Safety offers a 20-hour course designed to meet the needs of novice and intermediate preceptors and provide a refresher for more experienced preceptors.

You will be enrolled in the course for a three-year term, allowing flexibility to attain any mandatory continuing competency requirements and the time to apply the content or discuss situations with other preceptors in the field.

Course topics

  • Roles of the preceptor
  • Planning and organizing learning experiences
  • Precepting strategies and methods
  • Assessment techniques
  • Communication strategies
  • Conflict management

Professional development credits

Each professional association determines the number of credits granted for professional development. Contact the SAIT instructor of your profession for details.

Registration

Registration is ongoing throughout the year. There are two ways to register:

  • If you are precepting for a program in the School of Health and Public Safety, please contact hps.practicum@sait.ca. They will assist you with course information and registration details.
  • If you are interested in taking the PDEV 190 course and do not currently assist in precepting Health and Public Safety students, please call 403.284.SAIT to register for a fee of $50.

Contact us

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School of Health and Public Safety

Senator Burns Building, SAIT Main Campus

hps.info@sait.ca

Monday - Friday | 9 am - 4pm

a view of the moutains and stream in between

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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.

We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.

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