The Community Preceptor Crisis: Recruiting and Retaining Community-Based Faculty to Teach Medical Students—A Shared Perspective From the Alliance for Clinical Education

Abstract

Our recommendations are designed to assist clerkship directors and medical school leaders overcome current challenges and ensure high-quality, community-based clinical learning opportunities for all students. They include suggesting ways to orient community clinic sites for students, explaining how students can add value to the preceptor's practice, focusing on educator skills development, recognizing preceptors who excel in their role as educators, and suggesting forms of compensation.