For Learn to Thrive 2027, help us support the educational needs of our community by highlighting key themes, or PATHWAYS, that help attendees maximize the value of the meeting. To support attendees' professional and organizational goals for attending Learn to Thrive 2027, submitters will "tag" submissions to help attendees craft a learning experience that helps them make the most of their 3 days in Chicago. 

In the Call for Proposals, submitters will be asked to indicate which Learning Pathway most closely aligns with their content. 

Learning Pathways

  • Learning Science & Innovation – Enhance the educational methods you use to facilitate change — including adult learning principles, technology (such as AI), and innovative teaching strategies.
  • Assessment & Outcomes – Develop skills for measuring the impact of CE on learners, teams, systems, and communities — from basic assessment methods to evaluating higher-level outcomes.
  • Building Your CE Program – Strengthen your CE enterprise with leadership strategies, accreditation essentials, and approaches to aligning CE with organizational priorities.
  • Commendation – Pursue Accreditation with Commendation by leveraging the Menu of Criteria and demonstrating higher-level outcomes that show the impact of CE.
  • Interprofessional CE – Aaccelerate your ability to create and sustain functional interprofessional teams that learn together and take care of each other.
  • Public & Community Health – Connect CE with broader health imperatives and community priorities, often in partnership with public health officials, patients, or community organizations.
  • Learner Data & PARS – Explore strategies for helping learners meet professional requirements such as licensure, certification, and MIPS, and effectively using ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
  • Well-being & Resilience – Use CE to foster well-being for both health professionals and CE teams, with strategies that promote resilience, reduce burnout, and sustain engagement.
  • Patient & Community Partners – Sessions co-designed or led by patients, families, or community members that highlight lived experiences and the value of partnership in CE.