The Lifelong Learning Initiative
The Lifelong Learning Initiative is the product of a working group
hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and
the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). A working
group met in February 2009 and created a full report, complete with
recommendations and supporting materials.
Lifelong Learning in
Medicine and Nursing Final Conference Report (PDF)—Pre-publishing
version only: Not for distribution.
This site is intended to augment the report, and to provide resources
and professional development activities to support the implementation
of the recommendations.
The consensus conference, report generation, and this site have
been supported by the Josiah
Macy Foundation.
A Vision for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
We envision a continuum of health professional education from admission
to retirement that values, exemplifies, and assesses lifelong learning
skills; emphasizes inter-professional and team-based education and
practice; employs tested, outcomes-based continuing education methods;
and links health care education and delivery within the workplace.
To achieve this vision, we encourage an understanding of and support
for the need for change, and collaboration among stakeholders responsible
for the interdependent elements of this vision—academic institutions,
health care systems, accrediting bodies, licensing and credentialing
boards, funders, and others.
Recommendations
The report addresses general recommendations, as well as more specific
recommendations related to each of the five focus areas. In these
five sections, recommendations are also addressed to the specific
entity or organization impacted by the recommendation.
General Recommendations
Continuing Education Methods
Recommendations
Competency Recommendations
Interprofessional
Learning Recommendations
Workplace Learning Recommendations
Professional Opportunities
American Interprofessional
Health Collaborative (AIHC) Inaugural Meeting
March 11–12, 2010, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia,
PA.
Information for registration and draft agenda
are now available.
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