Preceptor Expansion Initiative Tactic Teams

e following five tactic teams, under the direction of an Oversight Committee, implemented projects to meet the aims of the Preceptor Expansion Initiative.

Five tactic teams, under the direction of an Oversight Committee, implemented projects to meet the following aims of the Preceptor Expansion Initiative:

  • Decrease the percentage of primary care clerkship directors who report difficulty finding clinical preceptor sites
  • Increase the percentage of students completing clerkships at high-functioning sites
Tactic Team 1
Tactic Team 2
Tactic Team 3
Tactic Team 4
Tactic Team 5

Tactic Team 1

Goal: Work With CMS to Revise Student Documentation Guidelines

  • Hope Wittenberg, MA, Tactic 1 Team Leader and Project Manager, Director, Government Relations, Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM)
  • Dave Keahey, MSPH, PA-C, Chief Policy and Research Officer, Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) 
  • Michael Powe, Vice President, Reimbursement & Professional Advocacy, American Academy of PAs (AAPA) 
  • Scott Shipman, MD, MPH, Director of Primary Care Affairs and Workforce Analysis, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Contributed to the work of Tactic 1 Team:

  • Ivy Baer, JD, MPH, Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Tactic Team 2

Goal: Integrate Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Education Into Ambulatory Primary Care Settings

  • Olivia Ziegler, PA, Tactic 2 Team Leader, Chief Assessment Officer, Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)
  • Stephanie Bowlin EdD, PA, Dean, College of Health Profession, Western University
  • Andrea Pfeifle, EdD, PT, Associate Dean for Interprofessional Health Education and Practice , Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Mary Ellen Roberts DNP, RN, APNC, Director of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program & Director DNP Program, Seton Hall University
  • Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D, BCPS, CDE, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
  • Brian Sick, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Emily Yunker, MPA, PMP, Tactic 2 Project Manager, Manager, Assessment, Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)

Tactic Team 3

Goal: Develop Standardized Onboarding Process for Students and Preceptors & Integrate Students Into the Work of Ambulatory Primary Care Settings in Useful and Authentic Ways

  • Vince WinklerPrins, MD, Tactic 3 Team Leader; Assistant Vice President for Student Health, Georgetown University, Division of Student Affairs
  • Adrian Billings, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Presidio County Health Services; Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Kathryn K. Ellis, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Division Director, Graduate Nursing; Coordinator, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, TCU – Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Quinnette Jones, MSW, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Duke University Physician Assistant Program
  • Juleah Williams, Membership and Workforce Development Manager, Texas Academy of Family Physicians
  • Emily Walters, Tactic 3 Project Manager, Writer/Project Manager, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

Contributed to the work of Tactic 3 Team:

  • Fiona Prabhu, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Community Engagement, Department of Family Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Tactic Team 4

Goal: Develop Educational Collaboratives Across Departments, Specialties, Professions, and Institutions to Improve Administrative Efficiencies

  • Jim Ballard, EdD, Tactic 4 Team Leader; Executive Director, Indiana Area Health Education Centers Network; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Somu Chatterjee, MD, Director of Clinical Education & Assistant Professor, PA Studies, Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky
  • Joanna Drowos, DO, Associate Chair, Integrated Medical Science Department, Director, Community and Preventive Medicine Clerkship, Associate Professor of Integrated Medical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University
  • Cecil Robinson, PhD, Director of Learning Resources and Evaluation, University of Alabama: College of Community Health Sciences
  • Ted Wymyslo, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers, Columbus, Ohio
  • Melissa Abuel, Tactic 4 Project Manager, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

Tactic Team 5

Goal: Promote Productivity Incentive Plans That Include Teaching & Develop a Culture of Teaching in Clinical Settings

  • Mary Theobald, MBA, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
  • Steven Lin, MD, Medical Director, Stanford Family Medicine
  • Chip Mainous, PhD, Chair and Florida Blue Endowed Professor, University of Florida
  • Anne Walling, MB, ChB, Professor Emerita, University of Kansas, Wichita

The following contributed to the work of Tactic 5: 

  • Darin Brink, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Bharat Gopal, MD, MPH, Associate Program Director, PNWU-COM/Good Samaritan Regional Med Center FMR
  • Brian Hischier, Manager of Online Education, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
  • Brian Johnson, MD, Associate Program Director, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center FMR
  • Christina Kelly, MD, Assistant Professor, Memorial Health-University Med Center/Mercer University School of Med (Savannah)
  • Tina Kenyon, MSW, ACSW, Instructor of Community and Family Medicine, New Hampshire-Dartmouth FMR at Concord Hospital
  • Sudha Koppula, MD, MCISc, CCFP, FCFP, Associate Professor, Alberta College of Family Physicians
  • Amanda Kost, MD, MEd, Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Mark Loafman, MD, MPH, Department Chair, Loyola University/Cook County Hospital

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