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Can state-supported interprofessional coalitions cure preceptor shortages?
Lesli Woodall1, Gigi Smith, David Garr
1Lesli Woodall is clinical coordinator for evaluation and an instructor in the College of Health Professions, Division of Physician Assistant Studies, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. Gigi Smith is executive associate dean for academics and a professor in the College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina. David Garr is executive director of the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium and associate dean for community medicine and a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Deborah Hopla is director of the master's of science in nursing and family nurse practitioner programs and an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C. Donna Kern is senior associate dean for medical education and associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
The shortage of clinical preceptors compromises the current and future supply of healthcare providers and patient access to primary care. This article describes how an interprofessional coalition in South Carolina formed and sought government support to address the preceptor shortage. Some states have legislated preceptor tax credits and/or deductions to support the clinical education of future primary care healthcare providers. As a result of the coalition's work, a bill to establish similar incentives is pending in the South Carolina legislature.
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