Med School
Precepting
As the CentraCare St. Cloud Regional Campus of the University of Minnesota Medical School prepares to open its doors in August 2025, we are preparing to welcome an inaugural class of 24 students.
To embark on this new initiative, we are initiating pilot clerkships involving current students from Twin Cities and Duluth. Our surgery pilot commenced in February and will be followed by pilot clerkships in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Family Medicine. These rotations, fundamental for students, will be established in collaboration with department leads at the University of Minnesota.
Each rotation spans 4 weeks, except for Internal Medicine, which extends to an 8-week duration. The clerkships will be overseen by site directors representing the different specialties alongside a cohort of community instructors (preceptors) contributing their valuable clinical expertise.
Our collaboration with the University of Minnesota empowers clinical preceptors to prioritize delivering an outstanding clinical experience for the students. Comprehensive objectives, assessments, and didactic materials have already been developed by the team at the University of Minnesota and are being provided to students engaged in clinical rotations across the state.
New Faculty Development
CME Series for Preceptors
A Preceptor Development Series to Support the Onboarding of CentraCare Preceptors.
The Preceptor Development Series was created to support the onboarding of CentraCare preceptors knowing that some preceptors have experience working with medical students, while others may be new to the role.This series of topics will be offered in a synchronous, virtual format and supplemented by subsequent asynchronous material for ongoing development needs.
Additional Preceptor Resources
Clerkship Site Directors
Learn more about the motivations of other preceptors and Clerkship Site Directors including (clockwise):
Hospitalist Federica Fromm, DO
Surgery Bert Krieger, DO
Pediatrics Kimberly Hughes, MD
Pediatrics Sarah Thompson, MD
Family Medicine Nate Brever, MD
Psychiatry Claire Drom, MD
Neurology Kathleen Rieke, MD
