Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education - ACCME
The ACCME is a nonprofit organization responsible for accrediting institutions that offer CME to physicians and other healthcare professionals.
04/01/2026
April is National Minority Health Month đź’™
It’s a time to recognize the importance of health equity and the need to ensure that everyone—regardless of background, culture, or community—has access to high-quality care and opportunities for better health.
At ACCME, we’re committed to supporting education that helps clinicians deliver more equitable, inclusive care and address disparities that impact minority populations every day.
➡️ ACCME.org/about
03/26/2026
Discover our March newsletter! đź’š Here's what you need to know:
✔️ An update on the ACCME Modernized PARS Web Services API; rollout signup is now available.
✔️ Discover the first in a series of “Commendation Tips, Strategies, and Provider Perspectives.”
✔️ Register for Learn to Thrive by April 17.
➡️ Read more: ACCME.org/march-26
03/25/2026
Medical dramas like The Pitt capture the intensity of patient care.
In real life, physicians rely on something just as powerful: continuous learning.
During National Physicians Week, we recognize the physicians who commit to improving care every day—and the continuing education community that supports them.
➡️ ACCME.org/value
03/19/2026
Accredited CE/CME is changing how learning shows up in real patient care. According to the 2024 ACCME Data Report, most accredited CE/CME activities now measure whether education leads to real-world improvement:
✔️ 95% assess clinician competence
✔️ 46% assess performance in practice
✔️ 18% assess patient health outcomes
That’s the value of accredited CE/CME: education designed not just to inform, but to improve practice and outcomes. Source: ACCME 2024 Data Report
➡️ Read more: ACCME.org/value -Outcomes
03/12/2026
Join Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and CEO of ACCME, and ACCME Board leadership at Learn to Thrive for an interactive town hall to look at where our CE community stands—and what comes next.
What to expect:
🔹 Live “Ask Me Anything” with ACCME leadership.
🔹 Rapid-fire discussions on priorities, opportunities, and innovation.
🔹 Real-world stories showcasing the impact of accredited education.
🏆 Presentation of inaugural ACCME Pinnacle Awards.
➡️Register: accmemeeting.org
03/02/2026
This , we’re celebrating Helen Brooke Taussig, MD. 💚
A trailblazer in pediatric cardiology, she helped develop a lifesaving procedure for children with congenital heart defects—reshaping medicine at a time when few women were recognized in the field.
The ACCME salutes Dr. Taussig and shares her commitment to innovation and lifelong learning.
American Heart Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
📸Source: National Library of Medicine
02/26/2026
Start your morning with our February newsletter! đź’š Here's what you need to know:
🎖️ Announcing the inaugural ACCME Pinnacle Award winners!
✔️ ABTS to retire self-reporting of CME credit by diplomates at the end of 2027
đź‘Ź Learn to Thrive keynotes highlight visual storytelling, elite team performance
➡️ Read more: ACCME.org/feb-26
02/19/2026
Join us for Learn to Thrive on May 6–8 in Chicago to explore bold ideas shaping the future of healthcare education.
đź—“ Thursday, May 7
🎤 Harjiv Singh, PhD
On Day Two, Dr. Singh, Senior Performance and Development Scientist with the Charlotte Hornets and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan draws on lessons from his work with high-performance athletes to challenge how we think about healthcare education.
➡️ Register: accmemeeting.org
02/17/2026
Visit us at at Booth 200, play the ACCME Trivia Game, and learn what’s new in learner credit reporting and certificate programs! 💚
02/12/2026
Join us on May 6–8 in Chicago to kick things off with an opening keynote that reimagines how we learn—and care.
đź—“ Wednesday, May 6
🎤 Alex Thomas, MD & Gary Ashwal, MA
Discover Graphic Medicine, an evidence-based approach using comics and visual storytelling to make learning more engaging, empathetic, and effective. Hands-on, practical, and no drawing skills required.
➡️Register: accmemeeting.org
02/06/2026
Thank you for a successful Healthcare Continuing Education Professionals Day! 🫶
This year, accredited providers highlighted the important work of their teams through social media ( ), internal celebrations, newsletters, and messages from senior leadership, driving more than 6,400 impressions, nearly 600 engagements and 268 clicks with a potential reach of 335,800+ on the ACCME and the Joint Accreditation social media channels! đź‘Ź
đź“… Save the date for next year: January 22, 2027.
02/05/2026
Real Outcomes with Colorado Permanente Medical Group - CPMG ✨
CPMG demonstrates how accredited CME paired with system-level changes can drive meaningful improvements in patient care by:
✔️ Implementing evidence-based pediatric UTI guidelines through live, case-based CME across all 27 outpatient clinics.
✔️ Integrating a UTI-specific EHR order set to support guideline-recommended, narrow-spectrum antibiotic prescribing.
✔️ Achieving measurable improvements after 18 months—including increased use of first-line antibiotics (43% → 62%) and shorter treatment durations (7.3 → 6.0 days), with short courses (≤5 days) rising from 26% to nearly 69% among older children with uncomplicated infections.
💬 “Seeing our outcomes research confirm that accredited CE paired with system-level changes can transform clinician behavior and improve patient care is incredibly rewarding—it reminds us that education truly has the power to transform healthcare.”
— Sharisse M. Arnold Rehring, MD
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The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, responsible for accrediting organizations that offer continuing medical education, creating a framework that supports, inspires, and motivates educators to achieve their full potential. We set the standards for education that accelerates learning, change, and growth in healthcare. Our standards reflect the values of our educator community and respond to the evolving healthcare environment. As a result, clinicians and teams can drive improvement in their practice and optimize the care, health, and wellness of their patients.
Every day clinicians can choose from more than 3,000 hours of accredited CME. Accredited CME offers clinicians, educators, and health leaders the power and capacity to address many of the challenges we face in our changing healthcare environment.
Our community of more than 1,800 CME providers offers physicians and healthcare teams an array of resources to promote quality, safety, and the evolution of healthcare.
We accredit organizations in the US and around the world. Accredited CME providers represent a range of organizations from national physician membership organizations to rural hospitals. Some specialize in local, community-based health issues, others focus on national and international health priorities, and others advance interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) and team-based care.
For more information, visit www.accme.org. You can also follow the ACCME on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
