Ongoing Challenges in Clinical Precepting: Exploring Solutions for the Shortage of Clinical Practicum Placements for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Students in Canada
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Abstract
There continues to be an ongoing shortage of diagnostic medical sonographers in Canada. While much focus has been placed on educational institutions opening more spots in their competitive entry programs, this priority ignores a critical piece of the puzzle—the availability of clinical preceptors required to provide the mandatory clinical training for these students to obtain their Canadian Clinical Skills Assessment (CCSA) competencies. Students must obtain their CCSAs to be eligible to write the Sonography Canada written examinations and gain entry-to-practie in the field. To continue to train competent sonographers and open more clinical practicum placements in Canada, clinical preceptors require increased support and training, both from educational institutions and the facilities they work for. The lack of adequate professional training in teaching skills, a lack of scanning time, and minimal support for clinical preceptors has led to a scarcity of clinical spots for sonography students, undermining students’ training and impeding their ability to acquire essential hands-on scanning experience required to meet the Sonography Canada entry-to-practise requirements.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.021 | 0.024 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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