Saeed Rehman, MD, has been selected as the 2016 South Carolina AHEC
Preceptor of the Year in recognition for his unwavering commitment to health professions students’
clinical education. The
purpose of this award is to bring recognition to an outstanding community-based
preceptor serving South Carolina health professions students. Each year
practitioners volunteer to provide hours of clinical education to students from
various health professions. It is their dedication to the education of the next
generation of health professionals that we honor with this award.
Dr. Rehman has been an ER physician at Beaufort Memorial Hospital for 20 years and the
emergency room director since 1999. Since 2000, he has participated in health
professions students’ education. Primarily, he precepts medical students
and physician assistant students. Each year when asked about his
availability to precept, Dr. Rehman requests a physician assistant student for
every rotation. He is always eager to precept and will often train more than
one student at the same time, exposing them to a wide variety of clinical
experiences. Last year, he precepted 10 students.
Students rated
Dr. Rehman very highly for his concern for student learning and his ability to
provide high quality feedback. One
student said, “True
educators and, thus, excellent preceptors are also patient, accepting,
understanding, challenging, and dynamic. All of these are traits that Dr.
Rehman possesses and which make learning from him a wonderful experience. He
knows when to ask probing questions and when to let a student figure it out for
herself. He knows when to challenge and when to guide with a gentle hand. He
knows when to invite active participation and when observation might be best.
The greatest challenge of teaching is that no two students learn the same way.
Dr. Rehman intuitively understands this and adapts his teaching and educational
style to the student and to the situation. His calm demeanor and non-judgmental
attitude make students feel welcome, accepted, comfortable, and excited to
learn.”
Another student wrote, “I felt inspired working with Dr. Rehman and learned not only emergency assessment, but procedural intervention, and how to use foundational approaches to primary care. He demands a lot in return for my gain from his leadership, working more hours and seeing more patients than other rotations, in addition to reading assignments and providing oral reports. Yes, totally exhausting at times, but in the end, I took an amazing ride on a thrilling medical roller coaster with my hair blown away at the amount of education that I gained!”
Another student wrote, “I felt inspired working with Dr. Rehman and learned not only emergency assessment, but procedural intervention, and how to use foundational approaches to primary care. He demands a lot in return for my gain from his leadership, working more hours and seeing more patients than other rotations, in addition to reading assignments and providing oral reports. Yes, totally exhausting at times, but in the end, I took an amazing ride on a thrilling medical roller coaster with my hair blown away at the amount of education that I gained!”