PRECEPTORSHIP FORM
• Precepting advanced practice students during the provision of direct clinical supervision of
patient care as a nurse practitioner is consistent with the demonstration of continuing competence
and ongoing professional development.
• Formal Inter-Professional Education (IPE) programs organized in collaboration with nursing, physician assistant, medicine,
dentistry, or pharmacy Program Faculty and clinical sites are recognized by AANPCB.
• National organizations (e.g., the National Academy of Medicine, formerly called the Institute of Medicine) have identified team-based
care as a critical component of healthcare improvement. Joint accreditation activities of interprofessional collaboration help to promote
healthcare delivery and outcomes improvement.
Criteria for Claiming Preceptorship Clinical Practice Hours
• A maximum of 120 Preceptorship Clinical Practice Hours within the 5-year period
of certification may be claimed for a maximum of 25 non-pharmacology CE credits.
• Complete preceptor site information for each practice site is required.
• Faculty Coordinator contact information is required.
• AANPCB reserves the right to request additional supporting documentation for validation
of preceptorship.
Application
• Submission of a complete Preceptorship Form is required for recertification.
• Complete as many forms as necessary to account for preceptorship sites and students.
• Upload completed forms to My Documents in your My AANPCB account online. Copies
may also be emailed or faxed as a PDF.
• Incomplete forms will not be processed.
Conversion of Preceptor Hours into CE Credits
• A maximum of 120 Preceptorship Clinical Practice Hours within the 5-year period of
certification may be claimed for a maximum of 25 non-pharmacology CE credits.
• Convert the number of hours precepted to CE credits using the Conversion Table.
• Record the total number (not to exceed 25) of non-pharmacology credits on the CE Log
of the renewal application.
• Calculation of 120 clinical hours is based on precepting 8 hours per week for one
semester (i.e., 15 weeks x 8 hours/week = 120 hours).