Teach Yale School of Medicine Students

A community-based preceptor’s main role is to facilitate a student’s encounter with patients in their office, assuring meaningful, graduated responsibility during a student’s clerkship year. Students often report they feel part of the practice, and that this rotation is one of their favorite medical school experiences. Student rotations are typically two-to-four weeks in length.

Foundations of Patient Care is a longitudinal course that extends through the entire pre-clerkship phase, providing students with weekly clinical exposure in patient care settings, opportunities for practice and feedback in clinical skills, training in patient care-related skills, and exposure to the work of a broad range of healthcare professionals. During the first part of this course, first-year health professional students from YSM’s MD and Physician Associate (PA) programs are placed together in small groups so they can learn to function effectively in the patient care environment.

Share skills and knowledge to train first- and second-year medical students in interview, physical exam, and clinical reasoning skills. Clinical Skills workshops occur Tuesday and Thursday afternoons throughout the academic year in the Clinical Skills suite. Time commitments can range from a single afternoon to longitudinal blocks based on an instructor's interest and availability.

Voluntary faculty at YSM make valuable contributions to educational programs throughout the school. These faculty are typically clinicians employed outside of YSM who share a love of teaching.

These clinicians are eligible to join the teaching faculty by applying for a Yale faculty appointment in the voluntary faculty rank within the department of their specialty. Each department has established guidelines for required participation.

It is a joy to share in the appreciation for medicine with enthusiastic students— to see their faces in those “light bulb moments” when learning actually happens!

Learn about new developments in biomedical science along with students and have access to broader learning opportunities at Yale School of Medicine (YSM).

Precepting provides a meaningful opportunity to carry on the tradition of contributing to the next generation of clinicians.

Voluntary faculty are encouraged to actively engage in the YSM community. Access to the YSM Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale Continuing Medical Education (CME) opportunities, and to other campus services and resources, provide meaningful ways to connect with other clinicians who value education.

Free access to:

• Over 20,000 health sciences journals, such as the NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA, and Annals of Internal Medicine
• Point-of-care tools such as UpToDate, ClinicalKey, and Visual Dx
• Major newspapers like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, as well as STAT Plus for daily updates on medical, biopharma, and life sciences news
• A suite of mobile apps for on-the-go support
• Library services, such as expert librarian assistance, interlibrary loan, and training on a wide range of resources and tools

The YSM Center for Medical Education provides a forum for YSM educators to find mentorship and educator development opportunities and serves as the medical campus hub for medical education research and scholarship. To show appreciation for voluntary faculty teaching medical and physician associate students, voluntary faculty are granted access to many of the Center’s programs and resources, including:

• Up to two complimentary registrations for continuing medical education courses that are accredited and sponsored by Yale CME.
  Please note, some exclusions apply.
  
• Access to all on-demand/online YSM CME courses
• All educator development sessions sponsored by the YSM Center for Medical Education, including the Medical Education Discussion Group Series, the Yale Medical Educator Series—YES!, and Medical Education Day at Yale
• AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit^TM for Learning from Teaching

• Employee membership rate at:
  • The Payne Whitney Gymnasium
  • The Yale Golf Course
  • The Yale Outdoor Education Center
• Yale Athletics: One complimentary football ticket per game and employee-discounted rate for basketball, hockey, and lacrosse home games
• Yale employee discount at the Yale Repertory Theatre
• Year-round discounts at selected local merchants with Yale ID