QUESTIONS ASKED BY FAMILY PHYSICIANS WHO WANT TO SERVE AS MEDICAL-STUDENT PRECEPTORS

This article addresses the needs of family physician preceptors who te ach medical students in their community-based practices. Responses are provided to 20 typical questions that a family physician might ask wh en considering whether to become a preceptor. Areas covered by the que stions and responses include physician motivation for becoming a prece ptor, characteristics of good preceptors, specific issues related to w orking with students in the office, what to teach students, how to giv e students feedback, evaluation of students, and relationships with th e medical school.