Module 5: Clinical Teaching

The clinical teaching process is usually known as “Precepting.” The preceptor (sometimes call the “attending”) is the physician who has the roles of teacher, supervisor and physician. The medical student or resident is the preceptee or learner.

Precepting varies with the setting and the level of the learner. As the preceptor or attending you have three responsibilities:

1. The care of the patient
2. Supervising the student/resident
3. Teaching the student/resident

Precepting can be either in the outpatient setting or the in-patient setting.