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Healthcare teams are strongest when they learn together—and when education reflects the full range of voices that contribute to care. That’s the main takeaway from the newly published 2026 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit Report, Building Teams that Sustain and Inspire.
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Joint Accreditation continues to grow in reach, relevance, and impact as jointly accredited providers create education that strengthens teams, improves care, and responds to the evolving needs of patients and communities. The newly released Joint Accreditation Data Report: A Growing Community Advancing Team-Based Healthcare Education – 2025 offers a data-driven look at that progress and the expanding role of interprofessional continuing education.
The provider designs education that promotes active learning – so that teams learn from, with, and about each other – consistent with the desired results of the activity. (JAC7)
Incorporating meaningful opportunities for active learning in activities is central to interprofessional continuing education (IPCE). Joint Accreditation Criterion 7 asks accredited providers to move beyond passive presentations by intentionally creating educational experiences that allow healthcare teams to learn from, with, and about each other. Below are responses to several common questions we have received from jointly accredited providers.
The Committed To campaign helps amplify the visibility and value of accredited continuing education and reinforces what jointly accredited providers stand for. This campaign is a simple way to name and communicate the commitments that define accredited education and strengthen confidence in team-based learning.
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Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing EducationTM has adopted a new policy Prohibiting Gift Cards or Personal Remuneration Associated with the Purchase of Accredited CE.
Effective immediately, the policy prohibits an accredited provider, or any of its agents, from offering, providing, or facilitating a gift card, cash equivalent, or other form of personal remuneration to any individual learner or group of learners as part of, or in association with, the purchase or registration for an accredited CE activity—regardless of who pays the registration fee, including self-payment and circumstances in which an employer, institution, or other entity pays for or reimburses participation. Additional guidance is provided on the policy page to support consistent application of the policy.
The policy was adopted by the ACCME in March 2026 and is under consideration by other accrediting bodies.
The Summer 2026 cohort of ACCME’s Certificate Programs is now under way, with learners participating in guided coursework, peer collaboration, learner support webinars, and preparation for the final assessment. The programs are designed to help continuing education professionals build practical, role-specific skills and demonstrate competence in key areas of accredited CE, including implementation of the Standards for Integrity and Independence and data management in PARS/JAPARS).
Registration for the Winter 2026–27 cohort opens Monday, October 12, 2026, and the cohort begins Monday, January 4, 2027. Encourage colleagues who are interested in strengthening their CE practice or supporting team development to explore the certificate programs and plan ahead for winter enrollment.
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Save the Date: American Nurses Credentialing Center Professional Development and Practice Summit
April 18–20, 2027 San Antonio, TX
The American Nurses Credentialing Center Professional Practice & Development Summit brings together nursing educators, clinical leaders, accreditation experts, researchers, and practitioners to strengthen the foundation of practice-based education and professional development. Across four days of immersive learning, attendees will explore innovative programs, accreditation strategies, nurse residency development, wellbeing, technology, quality improvement, and interprofessional education.
https://pdpsummit.nursingworld.org/
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) is accepting nominations through August 28, 2026, for its 2027 Pinnacle Awards in celebration of exceptional individuals and organizations shaping the future of accredited continuing education (CE).
Winners receive:
CME Administrator of the Year: Kurt Snyder, JD, MBA, Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education
CME Mentor of the Year: Kristin Jensen, MD, Chair of the California Medical Association (CMA) CME Executive Board, Associate Professor of Pathology at Stanford Medicine, and Chief of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System
CME Impact of the Year: The ADOPT Program, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
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