How to Use preceptor in a Sentence

preceptor

noun

• There is no national standard as to what makes a doctor or nurse qualified as a preceptor, so each school decides for itself.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• And that has many students resorting to paying preceptors themselves.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• But there are not nearly enough of these preceptors willing to take on students — and that threatens to choke off a supply of medical professionals the country urgently needs.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Students often have to resort to paying preceptors out of their own pocket, sometimes spending tens of thousands of dollars — on top of tuition — and prompting ethical concerns.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• She and her classmates were transferred to Lewis University, which had different preceptor requirements.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Chopra says the average cost per rotation is $2,500, with 50% to 60% going to the preceptor and the rest to his company.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• As paying preceptors becomes increasingly common, some nursing educators question whether they might be incentivized to pass the students who are paying them.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Yet finding qualified preceptors to supervise clinical hours is a giant obstacle, as Raithel Vargas learned.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• In order to graduate, nurse practitioner students must spend at least 500 hours working with patients in a clinical setting with a supervisor, known as a preceptor.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Raithel Vargas needed to find preceptors licensed in psychotherapy and medication management.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Another similar business, Clinical Match Me, usually charges students a flat rate of $1,995, with $1,000 going to the preceptor.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Although the panettone mixes traditions from across Italy, the pastry was first mentioned in a manuscript from the 1470s, written by a preceptor in Milan’s House of Sforza, according to the Smithsonian.
  — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
• In 2022, a group called the Society of Clinical Placement Professionals formed to facilitate preceptor matching by improving communication between health systems and nursing schools and by studying other professions’ placement methods.
  — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
• Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
  — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026