preˈceptorship
[f. preceptor + -ship.]
a. The office or position of a preceptor; a tutorship.
| 1802 W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 448 A travelling preceptorship would suit him. 1881 R. G. Wilberforce Life Bp. Wilberforce II. vii. 275 In earlier life the Bishop had sought the Preceptorship to the Prince of Wales. |
b. The position of one who is being trained by a preceptor (cf. preceptor 3). U.S.
| 1970 Vital Speeches 1 Aug. 634 In any new graduate education program we might be well advised to emphasize again a preceptorship method of training. 1972 Science 27 Oct. 380/2 D.O. (Osteopathy) students begin serious clinical exposure early under preceptorships with D.O.'s in family practice. 1974 Med. Times (N.Y.) Dec. 62/1 Students attended medical school and also went through a preceptorship with an experienced physician. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct. 10/3 In this preceptorship program, as it's called, medical students spend from 4 to 12 weeks working in a rural or community doctor's office. |