• Ensuring that students are participating in appropriate learning situations
• Monitoring and assessing student development
• Providing timely feedback to students
• Fostering a positive learning environment.

The preceptor's role also includes being:

• familiar with the ANMC competencies
• enthusiastic about their work
• accessible, approachable and friendly
• able to provide ongoing feedback on student progress
• able to act as a mentor to students
• tolerant and patient
• able to facilitate learning experiences
• able to demonstrate clinical expertise in their practice area
• able to assess students' knowledge and skill development
• able to encourage students to be self directed in learning
• able to encourage students to show initiative in their practice
• familiar with the learning objectives of the unit
• familiar with principles of adult learning
• able to promote professionalism
• able to model reflective practice for students
• able to describe and reflect on their own professional knowledge and skills.