Preceptorship Overview
Benefits of Preceptorship
- Support and strengthen your profession
- Impact the development of a future generation
- Recruit and hire talented individuals at their program completion
- Develop leadership and mentorship skills
- Reinvigorate passion for your field and career
- Promote professional advancement
- Receive continuing education credit for teaching
NP Preceptors
This list is not inclusive of credentialing centers.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
120 hours as a preceptor may be applied toward Category 5 of the professional requirement for national certification with the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Preceptorship Hours (Optional): Up to 25 non-pharmacology CE credits (equal to 125 preceptorship hours) may be converted to and replaced with hours conducted precepting an advanced practice student.
Pediatric Nurse Certification Board
You may apply up to 10 contact hours from Professional Practice Linkages (PPL) activities each year. A minimum of 80 precepting hours completed in the past 24 months prior to the Recert enrollment period may be applied.
PA Preceptors
American Academy of Physician Associates
Per NCCPA, there are no maximums on the number of credits that you can earn for any Category 2 activity including precepting PA students and students from other professions.
Individual preceptors may be awarded AAPA Category 1 CME credits at a rate of 2 AAPA Category 1 CME credits per PA student per 40-hour week, with no limit if the PA program submits an annual application to receive eligibility to award AAPA Category 1 CME (less common).