APPE grading system

[pharmacisttobe]

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My school uses an evaluation system for APPE rotations where preceptors are asked to evaluate/answer questions about the student and assign grades for every rotation according to the following:
A= excellent( extremely effective 5/5), B= Very good( above average in effectiveness 4/5),
C= satisfactory( effective 3/5), and D= needs improvements ( ineffective 2/5 failed rotation).
The problem is when some preceptors interpret that all students should be assigned a grade no higher than C, most pharmacists would receive B and few experienced pharmacists would qualify for A.
How can I explain to my preceptor that this is an evaluation for students and not to compare the level of skill of a pharmacists to a students? tactfully?

 

[BenJammin]

Yet another reason GPA should be a non-factor in residency applications. Imagine getting nothing but those kids of preceptors. Talk about a career killer assuming you want to be a clinical pharmacist.

 

[Sparda29]

Yet another reason GPA should be a non-factor in residency applications. Imagine getting nothing but those kids of preceptors. Talk about a career killer assuming you want to be a clinical pharmacist.

In before the academia/clinical nuts on this forum who will come in and say "well if you give 300% effort on each rotation, you'll definitely get an A".

I remember reviewing a few of my evaluations. My preceptors were in general very busy people who had no time to fill out a 100 question evaluation about the student. The evaluations were either:

E - Exceeds Expectations (100%)
C - Satisfactory (75%)
D - Deficiency (50%)

I had a lot of evaluations where the preceptor saw the damned questionnaire and just put in E or C for every question. Thankfully, my rotations were pass fail.