{"id":242945,"date":"2026-03-25T09:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=242945"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:43:57","slug":"uconn-school-of-medicine-receives-accme-accreditation-with-commendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/03\/uconn-school-of-medicine-receives-accme-accreditation-with-commendation\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn School of Medicine Receives ACCME Accreditation with Commendation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">UConn School of Medicine\u2019s <u><a title=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/continuing-medical-education\/\" href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/continuing-medical-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education\u00a0<\/a><\/u>has been awarded\u00a0<i>Accreditation with Commendation<\/i>\u00a0by the\u00a0Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">This is the highest level of recognition offered by the ACCME and places UConn among a small group of top-tier CME providers nationally. Within Connecticut, this achievement positions UConn as a state leader in continuing medical education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">As a result of this high achievement, the School of Medicine has been granted a six\u2011year accreditation term, the longest term awarded by the ACCME.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">Accreditation with Commendation recognizes organizations that demonstrate excellence and leadership in continuing medical education, including the ability to design and deliver education that measurably improves clinician competence, performance, and patient outcomes. This distinction reflects not only full compliance with all ACCME Core Accreditation Criteria and Standards for Integrity and Independence, but also successful demonstration of multiple advanced commendation criteria focused on outcomes, innovation, and impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">\u201cWe extend our sincere thanks to the faculty, planners, staff, and partners whose expertise, dedication, and collaborative efforts made this achievement possible. Their work exemplifies our shared commitment to educational excellence and continuous improvement in healthcare,\u201d applauds Dr. Christine Thatcher, associate dean for Medical Education and Assessment at the UConn School of Medicine who oversees the medical school\u2019s\u00a0Continuing Medical Education\u00a0team and programming for faculty, trainees, and students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">\u201c<span class=\"markupgpda5mf uM2yb\" data-markjs=\"true\">Congratulations<\/span>\u00a0to the CME team, its strong leader Dr. Christine Thatcher, and its very impactful work advancing the continuing medical education of our health care providers as well as medical students, residents, and fellows, arming us all with the latest medical knowledge,\u201d says Dr. Bruce T. Liang, dean, of the School of Medicine. \u201cWe appreciate all that you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This highest level of recognition places UConn among the top-tier of CME providers nationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":203181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2429,1868,179,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-242945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-scholarships","category-meds","category-uconn-health","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 05:36:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242946,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242945\/revisions\/242946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/203181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242945"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=242945"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=242945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}