American Association of Continuing Medical Education (AACME)

The American Association of Continuing Medical Education® is the world’s largest accreditation organization for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Professional Development, providing education & clinical, research information; advocating for the public, patients, and members; promoting research; and recognizing excellence in the field.

We cater to physicians (CME), dentists (CDE), pharmacists (CPE), nurses (CNE) and all other allied health professionals (CPD), with approximately 225,000 members, including more than 15,000 medical students, 17,000 health care organizations, including; Medical Schools & Health Sciences School, Hospitals, Medical Research Institutions, Medical Communications Companies, Consortium/Alliance, Ministries of Health, Specialty Medical Societies, Medical Associations, Voluntary Health Associations, Non-for Profit Foundations, Governments of Military (Medical), Medical Publishing Companies, Health Care Delivery Systems, Insurance Companies/Managed Health Care, Physicians Member Organizations (Specialty Based), Physicians Member Organizations (Non-Specialty Based), Pharmaceutical Companies, and Medical Device Companies.

Mission:
• Promote global excellence in public health, by defining, reviewing, and publicizing CME standards related to CME structure, process and outcome;
• Measure healthcare organization’s educational performance against the our peer-set standards;
• Enhance the knowledge of physicians and health care professionals through the highest level accreditation standards for continuing medical education programs (CME) that are vital for their ongoing knowledge and skills they need to provide their patients and communities with optimum care and which will assist them in understanding the disease mechanism, diagnosis, and treatments.

We achieve this mission through a voluntary self-regulated system for accrediting CME providers and a peer-review process responsive to changes in medical education and the health care delivery system worldwide.

The American Association of Continuing Medical Education® accreditation certificate symbolizes commitment to continuing medical education and the official recognition of excellence to the public, local community agencies, professional associations and local, regional and provincial governments.