45 Ideas for 21st Century Education – Abdullah et al. (Eds) © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-05343-4 Preceptors’ perceptions of preceptorship at Surgical Care Room General Hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan R.E. Nurhidayah, Y. Aryani & C.T. Siregar Faculty of Nursing, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia ABSTRACT: Preceptorship is a method of clinical learning. Interest preceptorship is to build and develop the basic capabilities of students at the stage of professional education programs. The instructors are called preceptors and the learners are called preceptees. This study aims to determine the perception of the Preceptor of the implementation of preceptorship at the Surgical Care Room, General Hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan. Design research is qualitative. The data collected was through focus group discussions at surgical care room, general hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan. A Focus Group Discussion (FGD) consist of six preceptors of surgical care room, two preceptors of the nurse educational institution and four case managers of surgical care room and the deputy head of the surgical care room. Based on the results of FGD has found four themes. The first theme, which was the duration of time for students that needed guidance proved still be inadequate; the second theme is the decrease in ability of the students; the third theme is the cooperation of educational institutions and the preceptors still be improved; the fourth theme that was obtained was a moral burden of becoming a preceptor. Based on themes found it advisable that preceptors involvement at every stage of learning. A preceptor should have additional knowledge compared to nurses and the cooperation of educational institutions and the preceptors of clinical institu- tions that still needs to be improved. Keywords: duration, ability, cooperation, moral burden period of support for newly qualified profession- als that enables them to make the transition from student to become a registered practitioner. Hilli and Malender (2015) states that preceptorship has become an important part, which begins with a comprehensive orientation. Preceptorship is symbolized as the heart of pro- fessional education programs. If the heart experi- ences problems then the professional education program is where the problem starts. In fact, a pro- fessional education program is a stage that must be passed to be a competent nurse. The emphasis of Preceptorship is mainly on critical thinking, reflec- tion and focusing on ethics. 2 METHOD This study aims to identify the perception of a pre- ceptors of preceptorship at Surgical Care Units in the Haji Adam Malik Hospital. This study used a qualitative design. Participants are preceptors in the surgical treatment of Haji Adam Malik hospi- tal. Data were collected through focus group dis- cussions. A focus group discussion (FGD) consist consist of six preceptors of surgical care room, two 1 INTRODUCTION Public hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan, is known to be a teaching hospital. The public hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan is also a referral hospital for the northern part of Sumatra Island. Almost all students of educational institutions of nursing, medicine, and obstetrics in northern Sumatera carry out nursing practices in Public hospital Haji Adam Malik Medan. As a referral hospital, the hospital of Adam Malik has many patients with very diverse causes. According to Nurhidayah (2011), a competent professional nurse in Indonesia must pass through two stages: an academic education and a profes- sional education stage. Phelps (2009) states that the primary purpose of nursing education is to make students competent nurses. While Nurachmah (2011) states that, the learning pattern for the edu- cation profession is internship and a pattern called preceptorship guidance, so that educators at the clinic can be called Preceptors and learners can be called perseptees. The focus of learning during the stage of profes- sional education is gradually delegating an author- ity. Maitland (2012) states that preceptorship is the