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Researchers compared virtual reality (VR)–based continuing medical education with traditional lectures to improve radiation safety among healthcare professionals.

A recent study evaluated whether a 3-day elective Team-based interprofessional practice placement (TIPP) program improved interprofessional competency among medical, nursing, and pharmacy students.

For the 2025-26 academic year, enrollment in U.S. MD-granting medical schools surpassed 100,000 students for the first time, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) last year announced that its Accreditation programs — including Nursing Continuing Professional Development Accreditation, Joint Accreditation, Practice Transition Accreditation Program, and...

H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 — the first legislation in which the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is explicitly named — was signed into law on December 1.

A 2025 consumer survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago on behalf of the American Board of Medical Specialties found that board certification remains a critical factor in choosing a physician.

The U.S. Department of Education's decision to exclude nursing from its newly defined list of “professional degree” programs under President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act has sparked widespread concern among nursing...

Washington State University has suspended continuing education courses provided by the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM), an organization designated as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, while reviewing whether the materials meet...

Researchers examined a large academic medical center's 4-year experience sustaining and expanding interprofessional continuing education following the adoption of Joint Accreditation.