Preceptorship

This course has been awarded 14 CME credit hours by the Department of Health (Abu Dhabi)

Preceptorship is a key performance requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This two-day course has been developed to provide preceptors with the necessary skills, attitudes and behaviours required to precept new staff more effectively. The target group is registered nurses who have a responsibility to precept new nurses in their working environment.

Course topics include

• What is Preceptorship?
• Roles and responsibilities of the Preceptor and Preceptee
• Preceptor Skills
• The phases of the Preceptorship process
• Cultural differences and communication
• Conflict management in the workplace

On completion of the course, you should be able to

• Explain how to successfully facilitate the preceptorship process when initiating a preceptor/preceptee relationship
• Identify challenges that can complicate the progress of a preceptee and apply strategies to overcome these challenges
• Discuss how to provide effective feedback to nurses from different generations, by taking generational and cultural differences into account