Preceptorship Information

The University of Washington Department of Pediatrics invites medical students to complete a preceptorship in Pediatrics during their 1st or 2nd year.

• About
  • The Pedatric Medical Student Office has a list of pediatric clinics in the Seattle area as well as a few peds specialists located at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
  • Students are expected to complete at least 8 mornings with their preceptor
  • ICMI Goals for the Preceptorship
    • Provide a mechanism for early patient contact
    • Provide an opportunity to observe and possibly practice doctor-patient communication
    • Learn about the practice of a particular specialty
    • Provide one method for fulfilling continuity requirement
    • Preceptorships are graded pass/fail
  • Students at this level can do the following:
    • Observation (of physician or other providers or staff)
    • Obtain a patient’s social history
    • Obtain a patient’s HPI or other components of medical database
    • Additional activities based on student’s previous experience
    • Obtain a patient’s illness story or HPI (by mid-quarter)
    • Obtain patient’s vital signs or perform other parts of the physical exam (taught throughout the spring quarter)
• Availability
  • Preceptorships are assigned on a first come first serve basis to students who have not already completed a pediatric preceptorship.
  • Regretfully, due to limited numbers of preceptors, all students may not get matched with a preceptor in pediatrics.
  • Students who have completed a previous preceptorship will be assigned if room is available.
• How to Request a Preceptorship
  • Email our medical student coordinator to request a preceptorship.
  • Once we have matched students to preceptors, we will send out the add codes for you to register and introduce you to your preceptor via email.
  • Students are responsible for planning a schedule with the preceptor.