4. The One-Minute Preceptor
(OMP) is one teaching
model, providing five
microskills to organize a
learning experience for
students in the clinical
environment.
This method is a brief
teaching tool that fosters
assessment of student
knowledge as well as
provision of timely
feedback.
WHAT’S the one-minute preceptor?
5. Goal of the model
Is to provide clinical preceptors
with the tools necessary to
teach a general principle in five
minutes or less.
6. • Increased involvement with patients,
• increased clinical reasoning by the
students,
• the student receiving concise, high-
quality feedback from the preceptor.
-Importance
-Relevance
Why one minute
preceptor
Effective and rapid clinical teaching also
optimizes patient care
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Physicians’ Clinical Teaching Behaviors in the
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1992. 7: p. 76-82.
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Instructional Decisions when Conducting
Teaching Rounds. Academic Medicine, 1992. 67:
p. 630-638.
4. Irby, D.M., Three Exemplary Models of Case-
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