About Us

SACME was established on April 2, 1976 as the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education (SMCDCME).

On July 20, 1998, SMCDCME was re-named the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME). 

SACME Brochure (pdf)

Our Mission

The mission of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education is to promote the research, scholarship, evaluation and development of CME/CPD (continuing medical education/continuing professional development) that helps to enhance the performance of physicians and other healthcare professionals practicing in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere for purposes of improving individual and population health.

Our Objectives

This mission statement embraces the following objectives for the Society: 

• Establish a forum and structure within which academic CME/CPD professionals in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere are enabled to enhance academic CME/CPD;
• Represent academic CME/CPD in national forums and with policy and decision makers on issues relevant and pertinent to CME/CPD and in collaborations with other societies and organizations, consistent with objectives of the Society to enhance the effectiveness of CME/CPD in improving healthcare;
• Promote life-long learning skills of its membership and physicians and healthcare professionals at large;
• Advocate academic scholarship which promotes the generation, translation and dissemination of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies related to CME/CPD;
• Promote, disseminate and fund research in CME/CPD, adult and continuing education, professional development, and any other fields related to how physicians and other members of the healthcare team learn and change clinical behaviors;
• Provide leadership in the design and implementation of efficient and cost-effective CME/CPD activities that address how physicians and other members of the healthcare team learn and change their professional and clinical behaviors to improve healthcare outcomes;
• Foster continuous improvement in the skills of those working in academic CME/CPD; and
• Foster learning and career development of students, trainees, faculty, professionals and other individuals interested in careers in academic CME/CPD.

Our Goals

• Promote, disseminate, and fund research in CME, adult and continuing education and other fields related to how physicians learn and change clinical behaviors;
• Design and implement educational activities that address not only how physicians learn but ways in which physicians change their professional behaviors;
• Establish a forum for leaders of academic continuing medical education.