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CONTINUING EDUCATION AND MOC CREDIT

FLIGHT Academy: Fellowship and GME Leadership Training
General Conference CME and MOC Credit
Post-Course: The Program Director's AI Workflow
Disclosure Declaration
Planning Committee

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PRE-COURSE: 2027 FLIGHT Academy: Fellowship and GME Leadership Training

Description
This comprehensive course is designed for fellowship Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, Faculty, and Fellows who aspire to lead in graduate medical education. This year's course centers on leading organizational change and developing the next generation of physician and GME leaders.

A Keynote and large-group workshop open the day, followed by small-group workshops on career narratives and professional identity formation, academic advancement and promotion, building an academic niche, and program director succession. A dedicated fellows' workshop addresses the move from fellowship to faculty, and the day closes with a participant-driven panel on real-world program leadership challenges.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply principles of organizational change to lead program-level improvement and develop leadership skills in future physician and GME leaders.
  2. Analyze their own career narratives and use narrative-based strategies to support professional identity formation and mentorship.
  3. Align educational contributions with promotion criteria and build educator portfolios that document teaching impact and scholarship.
  4. Develop an academic identity and focused niche in medical education, with an action plan that turns interests into scholarly products.
  5. Plan for program director transitions using structured approaches to leadership succession and knowledge transfer.
  6. Navigate the transition from fellowship to faculty, including the academic job search, offer evaluation, and visa considerations.
  7. Engage with experienced program leaders to identify practical solutions to common program leadership challenges.

Targeted Learners 
This program is targeted towards fellowship and graduate medical education leaders who are serving or aspire to serve in medical education leadership, including participation in the administration of a fellowship program.

  • Fellowship Program Directors and Associate Program Directors
  • Medical Education Faculty
  • Fellows Interested in Medical Education Careers
  • Aspiring Education Leaders

Continuing Education and MOC Credit

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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2027 Annual Conference

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this conference, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply current ACGME requirements and national policy updates to fellowship program operations and accreditation.
  2. Implement systemic and structural approaches to program-level wellness and intentionally cultivate resilience in trainees.
  3. Identify struggling fellows early and implement evidence-based interventions that support their success.
  4. Improve fairness in recruitment by applying Z-score standardization to interview scoring and lessons learned from preference signaling.
  5. Develop strategies for procedural supervision and bedside teaching that balance patient safety, efficient teaching, and trainee autonomy.
  6. Translate teaching experiences and innovations into scholarship using novel medical education publication formats.
  7. Appraise recent medical education literature and evidence linking training environments to physician outcomes to inform program improvement.
  8. Use social media and AI tools to strengthen fellowship program visibility and communication.
  9. Engage with communities of practice (community-based, interventional pulmonology, critical care medicine, and subspecialty programs) to share best practices and build collaborative solutions

Targeted Learners

  • Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Program Directors and Associate Program Directors
  • Core Faculty
  • Fellows with an interest in GME
  • Program Coordinators and Administrators

Continuing Education and MOC Credit

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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POST-COURSE: The Program Director's AI Workflow: From Scheduling to the Annual Program Evaluation

Description

This hands-on workshop shows fellowship program leaders how to use AI to reduce the recurring administrative work of running a fellowship while keeping program director judgment, oversight, and accountability central. Rather than surveying general productivity tools, the course follows the fellowship administrative cycle: scheduling, rotation evaluations, milestone mapping, CCC preparation, the Annual Program Evaluation, and strategic planning.

Assessment is a central thread. Participants will learn to shorten rotation evaluations to what each rotation can genuinely observe, map items to EPAs and milestones once, and use AI to organize evidence for the CCC, while program leadership verifies the evidence and makes every assessment decision.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe what AI can and cannot do safely in fellowship administration, including privacy, governance, and institutional approval requirements.
  2. Build and revise fellowship schedules around rotation requirements, vacation, call, equity, and coverage constraints.
  3. Redesign rotation-specific evaluations and map evaluation items to EPAs, sub competencies, and milestones.
  4. Synthesize assessment data into CCC summaries and fellow letters, with program leadership verifying evidence and decisions.
  5. Convert Annual Program Evaluation inputs into a SWOT analysis and a prioritized improvement plan.
  6. Build a first AI-enabled administrative workflow for use at their home program.

Targeted Learners
This program is targeted towards fellowship and graduate medical education leaders who are serving or aspire to serve in medical education leadership, including participation in the administration of a fellowship program.

  • Fellowship Program Directors and Associate Program Directors
  • Core Faculty with Program Administration Roles
  • Program Coordinators

Continuing Education and MOC Credit

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Disclosure Declaration

As a jointly accredited provider, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) must ensure balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Faculty are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or the trade names of several to ensure impartiality.

All speakers, planning committee members and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in a UNMC-accredited activity are required to disclose relationships with commercial interests. A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Disclosure of these commitments and/or relationships is included in these activity materials so that participants may formulate their own judgments in interpreting its content and evaluating its recommendations.

This activity may include presentations in which faculty may discuss off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments not yet FDA-approved. Participants should note that the use of products outside currently FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for FDA-approved indications.

All materials are included with the permission of the authors. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and are not to be construed as those of UNMC.

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Planning Committee

Neal F. Chaisson, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee Chair

Joyce Reitzner, MBA, MIPH
APCCMPD Executive Director

Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
Director, Educational Programs
Missy Edwards, BA
Center for Continuing Education
University of Nebraska Medical Center

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