What's the difference between precentor and preceptor?
Precentor
Definition:
(n.) A leader of a choir; a directing singer.
(n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
(n.) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Rev Lucy Winkett, 46, rector of St James's Piccadilly, central London Before moving to St James's in 2010, Winkett was canon precentor at St Paul's Cathedral, where she survived open opposition when some worshippers refused to receive holy communion from her hand.
Preceptor
Definition:
(n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
(n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
Example Sentences:
(1) A teaching practice of a residency program in primary care internal medicine was used for a cross-sectional study of the record-keeping habits of ambulatory preceptors and the residents they supervise.
(2) All but 10 interventions were considered by preceptors to be significant contributions to patient care.
(3) Use of preceptors, use of multiple and single agencies, observational visits, time scheduled, projects, and faculty philosophy of CHN were examined.
(4) The Hippocratic concept of preceptor education as an alternative has much to recommend it in replacing the present system, which underwrites the cost of student education through research grants and subsidies, but greatly neglects the continuing education of the practicing physician.
(5) All actors in the educational process--student, preceptors, and faculty--have the same expectations when clinical learning is clarified through the use of clinical focus guidelines.
(6) Opioid preceptor blockade with naloxone prevented the appearance of inhibitory action of stress and CRF on hypophyseal gonadotropic function rather than on testicular secretory activity.
(7) This approach has resulted in improved documentation of the preceptee's progress and greater consistency in how preceptors implement their role.
(8) Senior medical students are used as the patient and the preceptor to introduce the fundamentals of history taking and physical examination to sophomore medical students and this technique compared to the established method for teaching basic skills at the University of Iowa.
(9) Some elucidation of the functioning of the primary care physician in the role as gatekeeper to health and social services for elderly patients is provided by a survey of family practice preceptors.
(10) The viability and strength of this preceptor program may be attributed to the inclusion of all levels of nursing staff in its development and implementation.
(11) Newer methods of evaluation, for example, daily assessment by preceptors, have been described, but work continues to be needed on these and older methods, such as oral examinations.
(12) The system was implemented on the nursing units with preceptors serving as instructor-trainers.
(13) The importance of good relations between the school and the preceptors is stressed.
(14) The authors describe usual preceptor benefits and explore possibilities for more tangible rewards which can be cost efficient and stimulate preceptor interest and enthusiasm.
(15) A preceptor-supervised intervention program was beneficial to Pharm.D.
(16) Seven of the 22 preceptors had significant positive correlations for both criterion measures, while seven of 22 did not correlate at a significant level for either.
(17) Four doctor of pharmacy degree students under the direct guidance of a clinical pharmacy preceptor suggested 231 patient-care interventions during their clinical rotations; 219 (94.8%) of the interventions were either fully or partially accepted by the prescriber.
(18) A plea is made for general practitioners to cooperate, not only as preceptors in the apprenticeship scheme, but also to take part in the collection of basic data for research projects initiated by the sub-Department of Community Practice, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.
(19) Using the three-tiered model, clinical teaching activities are shared among preceptors, clinical instructors, and the course coordinator.
(20) Nurse educators need to decide if preceptor programs, complete with a well-defined selection, preparation, and reward process are in place.