Drexel preceptor dropped out? Protect your hours, tell Drexel, then replace them

Take these in order. The first matters most, since a clinician who has already left the arrangement tends to answer messages more slowly as the days pass.

1. Get your hours validatedDrexel preceptors confirm student hours in E*Value, where they also file a midterm and an end-of-course evaluation. Ask yours to validate every hour you've worked together now, and to finish whichever evaluation is due.
2. Keep your own recordNote dates, hours, the preceptor's name, license and specialty, and the types of patients you saw, with no patient identifiers.
3. Tell your clinical faculty and track directorIn writing: what happened, when, hours done and hours left. Clinical faculty stay in contact with preceptors about your progress, so the news should reach them from you.
4. Check your CastleBranch trackerA drop doesn't pause compliance. Health insurance has to stay in place through every clinical term, and background checks and drug screens repeat yearly. A lapse now would stall the replacement.
5. Restart the search the same dayEach day without a preceptor is a day of hours that can't be logged.

A cancellation before the quarter costs time but no hours. The contract and paperwork were built around someone who is no longer coming, so the replacement goes through the same checks as a first placement. With the course close, need a preceptor fast lays out what to do with the weeks you have.

A cancellation mid-quarter puts hours on the line. A standard quarter clinical course carries 160 hours over ten weeks, roughly 16 a week, so two weeks lost between preceptors leaves about 32 extra hours to spread over what remains. Run your own numbers with behind on clinical hours and share them with faculty early.

The one-time Summer 2027 term runs just seven weeks, leaving even less slack, so treat a summer drop as urgent from day one.

The quickest fix is often another clinician at the same practice. You know the site, and it has already worked with Drexel on your behalf. Drexel doesn't publish whether an existing agreement covers a new preceptor, so put that question to the CNHP Contracts and Compliance team instead of assuming.

The newcomer has to clear Drexel's bar independently: NP, nurse midwife or physician in a field Drexel approves, in good standing with their state's licensing and certification rules, currently board certified and in practice for over a year. A physician assistant won't qualify. Their CV, license and certification proof go to Drexel just as your first preceptor's did.

If the whole site is gone, or your preceptor changes employers and wants to bring you along, Drexel is looking at a new placement. The new site signs its own clinical affiliation agreement through Drexel's contracting process, and it may layer its own onboarding and immunization asks on top of Drexel's.

Check the location too. Clinical hours can't be in New York State, and a site across a state line needs you to hold an RN license that covers clinical work there. Drexel's preceptor requirements and the affiliation agreement both apply in full, so build their timing into your plan for the rest of the quarter.

Replacing a preceptor at short notice is something we're built for. If a preceptor we placed drops, we're already on call and searching again; if yours came from elsewhere, we start the day you reach us. A placement advisor looks for a replacement matched to your course, the hours still owed, the weeks left and your area, and screens each one against Drexel's rules before you're introduced.

Tell us if your current site would still have you, because another clinician there can be the shortest path. Either way, we gather the new preceptor's CV, license and board certification and, for a new site, the contact who signs the affiliation agreement. Drexel approves the change, and we see to it that everything it reviews is complete and matches its rules. Send your details through the form here, or open the chat to talk it through first.