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Supporting students and preceptors is an important component of nurturing the next generation of public health professionals. Student placement coordinators and preceptors play a large role in ensuring that students have a productive and rewarding experience during their student placements and are exposed to public health practice.
Preceptor resources for public health units
The Student Placement, Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network developed tools and resources for public health units and preceptors in the areas of orientation, policies, preceptor skills, and evaluation. SPEP Network encourages public health units to use and adapt these resources and tools.
New resources and tools will be added throughout 2012.
Information and networking activities |
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The Student Placement Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network:
- A group of public health professionals who act as student placement coordinators in their health units.
- A group that shares ideas, develops resources, and supports practical solutions and problem solving to enhance the student placement process and preceptor development across health units.
- Develops new resources and services to enhance the student placement process and preceptorships.
- Facilitates partnerships between health units, professional organizations and academic institutions.
- Brings you into contact with other health units and professionals striving to create and sustain a culture of learning and education across the public health system in Ontario.
- Monitors and assesses challenges and opportunities, and discusses new and emerging issues to continually improve public health student placements and preceptorships.
Student education and preceptor liaison |
Karen Jenkins, has been seconded from the Middlesex-London Health Unit as a part-time student education and preceptor liaison and is responsible for:
- Overseeing the Student Placement, Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network including developing work plans, planning and organizing meetings and coordinating network activities.
- Reaching out to non-participating health units and expanding outreach efforts to bring more individuals and organizations into the network.
- Evaluating existing resources.
- Developing and disseminating new tools and resources (e.g., via web, via training, or outreach).
- Pursuing activities to address critical issues related to student placements and preceptorship.
- Representing and promoting the work of the Student Placement, Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network.
Are you looking to nurture continuous learning and development in your health unit? If you are a placement coordinator or interested in student education and preceptorship issues — get involved. Opportunities include:
- Providing lessons learned and sharing resources from your health unit regarding student education and preceptorships.
- Participating in information and networking activities (e.g., joining the SPEP Network and/or coming to a training session).
To volunteer for any of these activities, please email studentpreceptors@oahpp.ca.
For more information about Student Education and Preceptor Support or the new program, read the paper, A New Program Model for Supporting Applied Research and Program Evaluation, Education and Professional Development, and Knowledge Exchange in Public Health.
SPEP Network meeting report
The report from the Student Placement, Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network workshop in March is available. Read the full report or the one page summary.
For more information:
Email: studentpreceptors@oahpp.ca.
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