Put Me in Coach! A Preceptor's Guide to Competency-Based Education
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptor's Guide to Competency-Based Education
This session will provide preceptors with an overview of competency-based education and how it can enhance the preparation of students for future nutrition and dietetics practice.
This session will provide preceptors with an overview of competency-based education and how it can enhance the preparation of students for future nutrition and dietetics practice. The role of the preceptor as a coach and mentor in a competency-based, integrative approach to educating future nutrition and dietetics professionals will be explored. Two programs will share their strategies and innovative best practices to train preceptors. A sample participatory approach to creating a program based, preceptor-student-instructor collaboration will be presented along with a video demonstrating how to use motivational interviewing in coaching a struggling student.
CPEU: 1.0 CPE Level: Level 2
Performance Indicators
3.2.1 Advocates for, and participates in, activities that support advancement of the profession.
3.1.5 Seeks opportunities for, and actively engages in, mentoring and mentorship.
9.4.2 Selects and uses appropriate content and teaching methods to meet individual and group needs.
Learning Objectives
List the basic principles of competency-based education
Understand the role of the preceptor as a coach and mentor in the Future Education Model programs
Identify opportunities for collaboration and mentoring in competency-based education