Precepting for Success | October 6, 2020

Pittsburgh, PA US
October 6, 2020

This course will prepare new and experienced preceptors to meet the role expectations and accountabilities of helping someone orient to a new role.

Target Audience

This course is open to nurses who serve as preceptors within UPMC.

Learning Objectives

  • Determine personal precepting style by completing self-evaluation activity
  • Identify ways to support the preceptee throughout the precepted experience, beginning with use of AIDET + Promise
  • Identify roles and expectations of preceptor, preceptee, unit leadership team, and educator
  • Identify strategies for creating a positive learning environment
  • Describe the UPMC orientation documentation process and tools specific to your facility
  • Provide relevant, timely, specific feedback; document and share that evaluation according to the process specific to your facility
  • Identify resources to help the preceptor address challenges related to the preceptor role
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/06/2020
Course expires: 
10/16/2020
Event starts: 
10/06/2020 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/06/2020 - 3:00pm EDT
UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
United States

Christine Weiss, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Resource Pool Clinician
UPMC St. Margaret

Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC.  Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
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