Clinical trial NCT03918122: Master Preceptor Fellowship Program: A Pilot Study
Official title: Master Preceptor Fellowship Program: A Pilot Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Conditions: Self-Assessment
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Keywords: Preceptor
Physician Leadership
Medical Education
Lead sponsor: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
First posted: 2019-04-17
Enrollment: 4
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Physicians (MD or DO) or Physician Assistants (PA) that have been in practice for at least one year. Physicians must be board certified or board eligible in family medicine, general internal medicine or general pediatrics. Physician assistants must be certified as a physician assistant.

Brief summary: The Master Preceptor Fellowship Pilot Study is a prospective cohort study that is being conducted to measure changes in participant knowledge, teaching efficacy, leadership skills, job satisfaction and quality of life.

Detailed description: The Master Preceptor Fellows are physicians or physician assistants who have worked in primary care setting for a minimum of one year. The participants agree to participate in a 52-week (1-year) program designed to enhance the primary care physician's knowledge and skills via self-directed and didactic coursework along with a transformational community-based project. The culmination of the mentorship, leadership, and educational experiences gained in the Master Preceptor Fellowship (MPF) will allow the primary care physician champion to apply his or her innovative response to an identified need in their community.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Have a medicine or physician assistant degree (MD/DO or PA)
* Be board certified or board eligible in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general -pediatrics; or be certified as a physician assistant
* Have a position in a community-based primary care site
* Have a record of practice in a primary care discipline field for at least two years
* Be at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to adequately speak and comprehend English
* Less than 18 years of age

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in Knowledge of Physician Teaching Self Efficacy (PTSQ)
timeFrame: Baseline to fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks]
measure: Changes in Knowledge Physician Teaching Self Efficacy (PTSQ)
timeFrame: Fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks] to 6 months post completion [approximately 77 weeks]
measure: Changes in Quality of Life (PROMIS Global Health Survey)
timeFrame: Baseline to fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks]
measure: Changes in Quality of Life (PROMIS Global Health Survey)
timeFrame: Fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks] to 6 months post completion [approximately 77 weeks]
measure: Changes in Self Reported Leadership Skills
timeFrame: Baseline to fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks]
measure: Changes in Self Reported Leadership skills
timeFrame: Fellowship completion [approximately 52 weeks] to 6 months post fellowship completion [approximately 77 weeks]
measure: Changes in Burnout and Job Satisfaction
timeFrame: Baseline to six month post fellowship completion [approximately 77 weeks]
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Yakima
country: United States
facility: Pacific northwest university of health sciences
state: Washington
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