Preceptor
About the position:
As an AMOpportunities Preceptor, you will host medical trainees from around the world for an in-person and/or virtual clinical experience. During the experience, you will provide exposure to the U.S. medical system as it relates to your specialty. Preceptors are expected to facilitate a program that may include observation, patient interaction, didactic learning, case presentations, and/or research. Your program will be designed to fit the needs and availability of your clinic and/or hospital. AMOpportunities handles all marketing, application collection, medical trainee support, and administrative work so that you can focus on the most important part, teaching! This is a contracted position; preceptors are paid a stipend upon a medical trainee’s successful completion of their program.
Essential Functions:
- Willing to write a Letter of Recommendation (LoR) based on merit
- Must be able to host a minimum of 20 hours/week
- Ensure all observation or hands-on activities involving patients are supervised by the physician, mid-level, or nurse.
- Ability to offer one or more of the following clinical experience types:
- In-Person
- Observership
- Hands-On
- Research
- Nursing
- Dentistry
- Pre-Med Shadowing
- Virtual
- Patient-Focused
- Education/Research Focused
- In-Person
- If virtual, the program must hold adequate video conferencing accounts for hosting (i.e. Zoom Pro, doxy.me Professional, etc.)
Skills/Experience:
- Hold a current, active, medical license in the U.S.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus
- Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with others
- Academic Affiliation(s) with a U.S. based university preferred, but not required
What You Gain:
- Competitive stipend
- A dedicated Program Coordinator to manage your program details, document collection and verification, and scheduling. Below is a list of the documents AMOpportunities collects from trainees. Programs may add additional requirements at their request.
- CV
- Passport
- Visa, if applicable
- Dean’s Letter/Diploma/Transcripts
- Immunizations
- PPD
- MMR
- Varicella
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus
- Meningitis
- Flu, seasonal
- Malpractice insurance, if applicable
- Proof of English Proficiency
- Management account for the AMOpportunities Admin Platform to view your program details, upcoming and past trainees, and trainee documents.
- A mission-driven team committed to a spirit of support, growth, and achievement.
- A front-row seat for the exponential growth of a booming education tech company
Learn more about hosting clinical experiences and apply at:
https://www.amopportunities.org/hospital
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What We Do
AMOpportunities equips universities and healthcare providers with the infrastructure needed to expand clinical education. AMO’s vision of accessible, inclusive, and academic clinical training inspired us to create solutions that provides this infrastructure to teaching sites and schools.
We began with a vision of quality, accessible and inclusive clinical training.
This inspired us to create comprehensive service and software solutions that help medical trainees secure rotations and support hosts and schools to manage them. In staying true to our roots, we provide high-quality support through personalized services.
Over the past 10 years, our collaboration with health systems, universities and individual trainees has helped more than 5,500 students and graduates rotate in the supported them in finding the clinical training they need to meet their academic and professional goals.
