Incentives and Rewards Motivating Community Pharmacists to Become Preceptors
Assistant Professor and Faculty Dr. Sylvie Poirier Ph.D.Director and Dean and Coordinator and Faculty Suzanne Gilbert M.Sc. and M.P.A.
pages: 13 - 29
- DOI: 10.1300/J060v05n04_03
- Version of record first published: 13May1997
Abstract:
Changes in the curricula of numerous schools of pharmacy have a tremendous impact on the number of preceptors that will be required in the community setting. The results of this study indicate that motivational factors and expectations regarding mechanisms of recognition of current and potential preceptors are similar. Preceptors and community pharmacists agreed that the following factors were motivating them or would motivate them to become preceptors: keeping one's knowledge up-to-date, contributing to the profession, die satisfaction from contributing to the clinical training of students, and enjoyment of teaching. This information could be used by schools of pharmacy to develop specific strategies to enhance recruitment activities to optimize community pharmacists' involvement in preceptorship.