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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A period of practical training for a student or novice under the supervision of a preceptor.

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  • noun The rank or role of preceptor.

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  • noun the position of preceptor

Etymologies

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preceptor +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • - Forest Laboratories created "preceptorship" programs in which physicians were paid up to

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • My first-ever experience with dentistry was during a preceptorship I had my senior year.

    First Person Singular: Barron Hall, animal dentist 2010

  • The rep had recently spent a day doing a “preceptorship,” a practice in which a drug company pays doctors to let a rep shadow them while they see patients.

    The Drug Pushers 2006

  • The rep had recently spent a day doing a “preceptorship,” a practice in which a drug company pays doctors to let a rep shadow them while they see patients.

    The Drug Pushers 2006

  • He actually shadowed me for a week as a high school student five years ago, went off to college where he played Division 1 football for four years, somehow ended up in medical school instead of the NFL* and is now doing his first year primary care preceptorship with me.

    Archive 2007-03-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • I wish I could be a fly on the barroom wall to hear him regale his buddies with his preceptorship experiences over a beer next week. posted by #1 Dinosaur @ 6:14 AM

    Archive 2007-03-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • New grads,just don't let them put you in critical care situations w/o proper orientation,preceptorship and a good mentor.

    Go Ask Mother Mother Jones RN 2007

  • Willson, and after a little over a year under their preceptorship, during which time his remarkable talents attracted the attention of many, he was admitted to the bar, and almost immediately after receiving his diploma commenced the practice of his profession.

    Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin

  • One Ayscough, who had been preceptor to Prince George, and who had "not taught him to read English, though eleven years old," was about to be removed from the preceptorship.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various

  • Bowing unto the gods, and especially unto the Brahmanas, I then smilingly addressed Rama stationed for battle, saying, -- Although thou hast shown little regard for me, yet I have fully honoured thy preceptorship!

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

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