Level up your leaders with preceptor training

Develop next-level leaders with a preceptor program curriculum built with the flexibility to meet your organization’s needs and your learner’s goals. HealthStream’s Preceptor Development program emphasizes the importance of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking – a foundation that ensures preceptors thrive and optimizes the transition experience for staff.

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Empower your leaders

Encourage mentorship

4.75 Hours of CE

Preceptor training tailored to the unique needs of the role

Preceptor Development is designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by preceptors through evidence-based programming, empowering organizations to nurture their next-level leaders. With content co-developed with Sigma using Beth Ulrich’s Mastering Precepting as its guide, preceptors are developed to excel in bridging clinical gaps and strengthening support for new and transitioning staff. The preceptor program curriculum combines interactive learning modules, scenario-based videos, and skill checklists to provide an engaging, flexible, and productive environment for new and seasoned staff to take the next step in leadership.

Five expertly curated courses

Take the administrative burden out of course development with trusted content created by clinical experts. The outlined courses address the critical components of successful and impactful preceptorship.

Roles, Responsibilities, and Realities of Precepting
Components of Competency
Preceptor Communication
Preceptor Challenges
Precepting Strategies

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Resources for a Blended Learning Approach

Preceptor Development provides a variety of content-based resources and tools to support flexible program delivery in asynchronous online and/or facilitator-led learning environments.

Program Facilitator Guide

Support Administrators and Facilitators with program-specific recommendations and resources to design and execute a successful preceptor experience tailored to your organizational needs.

Care-Based Scenarios

Supplemental resources and embedded videos within the courseware provide realistic examples to apply knowledge and enhance critical thinking skills.

Online Skills/Competency Checklists

Focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes preceptors need to be effective in their role • Validation is permanently documented online in the HealthStream Transcript.

Select C.A.R.E.S. Assessment

Identifies behavioral tendencies across five factors and provides insight into preceptors’ own strengths and opportunities to foster enhanced self-awareness and collaboration skills.

A fresh start with preceptor development transforms performance standards

Antelope Valley’s new education specialist immediately identified the need for a robust preceptor development program. HealthStream’s preceptor program offered a fresh start that would produce the desired level of expertise and give preceptors needed tools to navigate training and troubleshoot problems. The program has been a success, with combined modules and in-person sessions where participants learn to form action plans, request checklist checkoffs, and provide a consistent preceptee experience.

Antelope Valley’s Success Story

Developing preceptors is one aspect of improving outcomes

In addition to developing next-level preceptors, The HealthStream Competency Suite+ empowers you to overcome the limitations of a one-size-fits-all training approach by pinpointing the specific competencies mastered by each individual and enabling a future where development aligns precisely with individual needs

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Nurture staff development

Preceptors need support, training, and a standardized program to ensure their success and, ultimately, the success of your organization. By investing in preceptor training, you can enhance patient outcomes, nurse retention, and overall workforce engagement. With Preceptor Development, you are supporting a culture where every clinician feels supported, competent, and ready to lead.

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Let us show you how HealthStream’s Preceptor Development provides a unique set of resources and tools necessary to fully develop preceptors who can effectively guide preceptees through their transition experience.