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Clinical Preceptor

 

As part of the program, Hospitals and Healthcare Systems will have 3rd and 4th year medical students shadowing US Healthcare practicing preceptor MD's in their facilities and practices. 

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So what exactly is a Clinical Preceptor. Within the P.H.E.N.program, preceptors are  practicing M.D.s who partner with us to mentor  Medical Students, DO Students and IMGs (International Medical Graduate)  P.H.E.N. Preceptors provide clinical education, supervision and evaluation of students within a clinical setting. Preceptors provide our students the opportunity to experience valuable clinical applications that are crucial to excelling at core clinical knowledge.

 

P.H.E.N. partners with our Preceptors to match students that meet a requested level (by our Preceptors) of overall supervision.

Preceptors Typically:

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• Provide Students with Clinical Objectives

• Assign Applicable Patients 

• Enable Students to perform (Preceptor Specific) Patient Histories, Assessments, and Perform Physical Exams

• Guide and Mentor student assessment of treatment plans

• Interpretation of lab work and diagnostic tests.

• Guide and Mentor writing progress notes

• Evaluate Student Performance, decision making and interaction

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CME Credits

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P.H.E.N. Preceptors provide clinical education, supervision and evaluation of students, With this great opportunity to be apart of the leadership of the future of medicine there is more. In many locations P.H.E.N. is able to provide continuing medical education (CME) to our participating preceptors. 

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Benefits of participating in this program for your facility and clinics are:

 

• The ability to help train the next group of new doctors

• Extra professional hands in your facility that help to increase the speed of patient encounters

• Participating physicians may be eligible to receive continuing education credits

• Remuneration

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Our Off-Shore Students / International  Medical Students

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Our Clinical Clerkships (also known as Clinical Rotations)  comprise of mostly  American students who made the choice to pursue their medical education in another country.  They have completed their basic sciences in that country and have successfully completed the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination) STEP 1 testing . They have now returned to the US to complete their clinical sciences.  These individuals possess their own malpractice insurance, have hands on experience, and in many cases, are fluent in another language, most often Spanish. 

 

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Benefits of participating in this program for your facility and clinics are:

 

• The ability to help train the next group of new doctors

• Extra professional hands in your facility that help to increase the speed of patient encounters

• Participating Preceptors may be eligible to receive continuing education credits

• Remuneration

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DO Students

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The DO Students program is also designed for 3rd and 4th year DO students from State Side DO Schools. These students have successfully completed the COMLEX-USA  (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States) Level 1 testing .  In this program, DO students will shadow preceptor  MD's in your facilities and practices. 

Our DO Clinical Clerkships comprise of students that have completed their studies in basic sciences and are eligible to complete their clinical sciences.  These individuals possess their own malpractice insurance, have hands on experience, 

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Benefits of participating in this program for your facility and clinics are:

 

• The ability to help train the next group of new doctors

• Extra professional hands in your facility that help to increase the speed of patient encounters

• Participating physicians may be eligible to receive continuing education credits

• Remuneration

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IMG  

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The International Medical Graduate program is setup for post graduate and practicing M.D.s. outside the United States.  This Program consist of M.D.s whom have been practicing within their specialty and are now pursuing practicing status within the US.   Within the IMG program M.D.s will participate via clinical clerkship within a applicable residency program.  The program requires IMGs to shadow preceptor MD's in your facilities and practices.  Our IMG Clinical Clerkships comprise of M.D.s that are practicing physicians within their specialty outside the US.  These individuals possess their own malpractice insurance,and have practicing experience, 

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Student Vetting

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The Physician Hospital Education Network provides oversight for students.  We assure that all students have necessary paperwork before entering your facility.  This documentation includes malpractice forms, acls/bls forms, HIPAA certification, infectious disease control certificates, immunizations, and background checks.  We assure that each student possesses this documentation before being allowed into your facility and the documents are available upon request.

 

• Student Provided Malpractice Insurance

• ACLS/ BLS 

• HIPAA Certification

• Disease Control Certified

• Immunized

• Background Check

 

Core Clinical Rotations

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Clinical Rotations for Clerkship are:

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• Internal Medicine

• Family Medicine

• OB/GYN

• Surgery

• Pediatrics

• Psychiatry

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Elective Clinical Rotations

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• Emergency Medicine

• Neurology

• Endocrinology

• Cardiology

• Dermatology

• Ophthalmology

• Orthopedics

• ENT

• Infectious disease

• Nutrition

• Pulmonology

• Nephrology

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Student Participation

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Students typically participate in the following:

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• Elicit patient histories,

• Complete physical examinations,

• Write progress notes,

• Assist in surgeries and medical procedures

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Remuneration

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Clinical Preceptors and Healthcare Systems have the availability of remuneration for each four-week to twelve-week rotation per visiting student.  P,H.E.N. makes remuneration available after completion of Clinical Rotations and Completed Student Evaluations. Many health care systems use remuneration as additional funding for participating departments .  

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