Earn CME Credit

Activity Title, Date and Location
2026 APDIM Fall Meeting
October 15-17, 2026
Louisville, Kentucky


Course Description
The 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting is a workshop-intensive meeting providing the keys for professional growth to help Internal Medicine faculty and staff at any career level be better administrators, faculty, teachers, mentors, and employees. This two-day event will include plenary sessions lead by knowledge experts and hands-on workshops that will address both community-based and university-based program perspectives. Attendees will come away with tools and skills they can implement immediately upon returning to their institution.

Target Audience
This course is designed for internal medicine residency training program faculty (e.g., program directors, assistant/associate program directors, core faculty) and staff (e.g., program administrators and coordinators) as well as any other interested faculty and staff from a department of internal medicine.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of the conference, participants should be able to:

  • Describe key concepts in academic medicine curriculum, Faculty Development, Practice of Medicine, Technology and Innovation, and Wellness.
  • Apply core principles from Business of Medicine, Faculty Development, Didactic and Point of Care Curriculum, and Technology and Innovation, to their roles in GME education.
  • Analyze the impact of these areas on their professional practice and program management.
  • Evaluate current practices within their programs and identify areas for improvement based on the knowledge gained.
  • Identify core functions and roles of a program leader in GME programs.
  • Explain the regulatory requirements relevant to GME programs.
  • Demonstrate practical leadership, management, and educational skills within their training programs.
  • Implement effective strategies for managing and leading GME programs based on the knowledge gained.

 


Program Schedule/Agenda

Thursday, October 15
8:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Overview
8:10 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. Leadership Styles and Structure
8:40 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Yearly Cycle
9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Resident Assessment, Milestones, and CCC
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Discussion with the ACGME RC-IM and ABIM
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Managing Important Relationships
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Session 1: Navigating a “Bad Day”
Concurrent Session 2: IMG Onboarding & Support
Concurrent Session 3: Managing Relationships (Part 2)
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holistic Review and Recruitment
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Group Q&A
  
Friday, October 16
8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.Welcome
8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.Opening Plenary:
One Mission, Many Partners: Cocreating Your Clinical Learning Communities Through Cultural Humility
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Workshop Session I
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Workshop Session II
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.Networking Lunch
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.Primary Care Track Interest Group, IMG Program Issues Interest Group
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.Plenary Session II: Launching into Leadership: Investment in our Chief Residents
3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.Workshop Session III
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Plenary Session III: Oral Abstracts
  
Saturday, October 17  
7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.APDIM Assembly: Community-Based Teaching Hospitals, APDIM Assembly: University-Based Teaching Hospitals
8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.Workshop Session IV
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.Workshop Session IV
11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Closing Plenary: How Did They Do That? Building Interprofessional Teams That Work

 

The full program schedule/agenda with speakers for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting can be found here. 

Planning Committee
The planning committee list for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting can be found here. 

Faculty/Presenter List 
The faculty/presenter list for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting can be found here. 

Disclosure Summary
It is the policy of University of California San Diego School of Medicine Continuing Professional Development to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1) divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control over content, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content through independent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementation are communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in the activity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers to determine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning. All relevant financial relationships and the nature of those relationships are noted below. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Persons in control of content of this educational activity who are not specifically identified by name above, such as (but not limited to) course directors, faculty, CPD staff, planners, editorial staff, peer reviewers, and CPD committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships.

This educational activity may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of:

  • 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting: 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • APDIM Precourse: 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias:
Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity has been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content.  Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CME website (cpd.ucsd.edu)

Commercial Support Acknowledgement
There is no commercial support for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting.

Registration Information
The registration information for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting can be found here. 

Cancellation Policy
The cancellation policy for the 2026 APDIM Fall Meeting can be found here.