COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL PRECEPTORSHIP: Supplementary materials

Clinical training in health professions education depends significantly on qualified and well-prepared preceptors. Within Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), where Interprofessional Education (IPE) is embedded in service delivery, preceptors play a pivotal role in fostering collaborative learning among students from diverse professional backgrounds. This study aimed to develop and validate a competency framework designed for interprofessional preceptorship in service-based learning settings. Adopting a qualitative, competency-based methodology, the research was conducted in four phases: a scoping review, semi-structured interviews, competency construction, and expert validation using the Delphi method. The resulting framework comprises ten interrelated competencies—three transversal (Commitment to Interprofessionality, User-Centered IPE, and Interprofessional Communication) and seven specific (Pedagogical Mediation through Problematization, Interprofessional conflict management, Fostering a Safe and Supportive learning environment, Understanding of professional roles, Designing Interprofessional Learning Through Service, Assessment of IPE, and Leveraging Digital and Communication Technologies for Learning). Each competency is accompanied by a conceptual definition and a set of observable professional actions. This framework is innovative in its integration of pedagogical and contextual dimensions specific to the SUS. It offers a practical tool to support faculty development, interprofessional curriculum planning, and health policy design. By reinforcing the pedagogical role of preceptors, the framework contributes to the cultivation of collaborative competencies among future health professionals.