Report Issued on Third Annual Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit

On June 9, 2017, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) participated in the third annual Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit. During this Summit, interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) professionals discussed various challenges and opportunities related to IPCE.  The Summit was conducted in three parts and included discussion about publishing research and disseminating success stories about IPCE; case examples of research in action; and “hot topics” in IPCE, with attendees participating in breakout sessions to share and learn from each other’s experiences in managing IPCE programs. A key recommendation of the previous year’s Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit was to build a body of research that demonstrates the effectiveness of IPCE in improving team performance and patient care. This year, the Summit focused on strategies for conducting and disseminating such research. “We need to develop better models for sharing what works,” said Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and CEO, ACCME. “We do that by looking at ourselves, looking at our programs, counting our wins, understanding the challenges we have, measuring that change, and sharing it with each other. That is research, and that is how we learn from each other.” In the first session, participants explored how to design IPCE activities in a way that a...
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