Become a NYS PCAP Preceptor!
Asthma specialists utilize quality, guidelines-based care that is essential to the proper diagnosis and
management of asthma for both children and adults. But often, even higher risk patients with asthma may not
consult with a specialist until experiencing an adverse health event caused by poorly controlled asthma. By
sharing your knowledge of asthma care, primary care providers (PCPs) can better help patients to manage their
asthma and prevent avoidable asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and urgent care visits.
NYS PCAP is looking for asthma specialists to serve as preceptors for the program. Read on to see if NYS PCAP is
a fit for you and your practice.
What Makes an Engaged Preceptor?
Preceptors should be an asthma specialist, such as an allergist or pulmonologist, with at least five years of experience treating patients with asthma.
Preceptor Expectations
- Completion of the NYS PCAP preceptor training
- Provision of program materials, if necessary
- Delivery of the NYS PCAP at least four times per year (once per quarter), with fidelity
What Makes an Engaged NYS PCAP Site?
An engaged preceptor plays a crucial role in enabling PCPs to build their skills and knowledge in asthma care. Preceptors and preceptor sites demonstrate commitment to helping PCPs gain the experience they need to feel confident serving patients with asthma.
An engaged preceptor site will meet the following requirements:
- Have expertise in delivering guidelines-based asthma care
- Be enthusiastic about helping others learn
- Support the program at all levels of practice or organization leadership
- Demonstrate capacity to assign a program coordinator to support NYS PCAP scheduling and documentation activities
Incentives
Preceptors can receive $400 for completing the NYS PCAP preceptor training and $600 every time the NYS PCAP is implemented in their practice.
The appointed program coordinator will also receive $100 for every PCAP preceptor they support.
How to Become a NYS PCAP Host Site
Follow the steps below to start offering the NYS PCAP in your practice.
Interested Preceptors
- Identify providers in your practice that are interested in serving as preceptors
- Identify a NYS PCAP coordinator assigned to manage program logistics
- Confirm asthma patient volume exists to allow for scheduling of back-to-back asthma patients that includes both new and existing patients
- Complete the preceptor registration form for each interested preceptor
Participation Incentives
Preceptors receive $400 for completing the NYS PCAP preceptor training and $600 every time the NYS PCAP is implemented in their practice.
What Happens Next?
- NYSCAI staff reviews preceptor and host site registrations
- Providers that meet NYS PCAP preceptor requirements are notified of their acceptance
- Detailed materials including Preceptor and Program Coordinator guides for implementing the NYS PCAP are provided
- Preceptors complete the virtual NYS PCAP preceptor training
- Begin recruiting PCP Participants and offering the NYS PCAP (NYSCAI will also work to match
registered PCP participants with preceptors based on region).
Please contact the New York State Children’s Asthma Initiatives with any questions at [email protected]
Ready to Register?
Please complete this form if you are a provider with asthma expertise and are interested in participating in the New York State Primary Care Asthma Preceptorship (NYS PCAP) program.
Preceptor Training
All preceptors are required to complete the NYS PCAP Preceptor Training found below. You will receive access after completion of the Preceptor registration forms.