Join us at a Workshop for the New Learning Community for CBME in Undergraduate Medical Education

Date: November 1, 2025
Location: Onsite at the AAMC Learn Serve Lead 2025 Annual Meeting
Cost: Free but registration required

We invite you to join the Learning Community for Competency-Based Education (CBME) in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)—a new initiative designed to accelerate the implementation of CBME across U.S. medical schools.

This interactive, in-person workshop will introduce the vision and goals of the Learning Community, provide opportunities to learn from peers implementing the 2025 UME Foundational Competencies, and surface shared barriers, facilitators, and strategies for advancing CBME.

About the Learning Community
The Learning Community for CBME in UME is a national effort to support medical educators, institutions, and organizations in the transition toward a more competency-based approach to undergraduate medical education. This community will foster collaboration and shared learning to scale promising practices, align with GME and lifelong practice, and support meaningful change.

Future virtual programming will be freely available to all interested participants, regardless of attendance at the in-person event.

Who Should Attend the Onsite Workshop?
This event is open to individuals attending the AAMC annual meeting who are directly involved in the design, delivery, or evaluation of medical school curricula, or in faculty development for teaching and learning.

Capacity for this in-person event is limited until capacity is reached. Agenda to be shared closer to event and will be unique (from the 2024 event).

Please note: While registration for the workshop is free, attendees must be registered for at least one day of the AAMC Learn Serve Lead 2025 Annual Meeting.

Who Should Join the Learning Community?
We encourage 1–3 representatives from each AAMC and AACOM member institution to participate in the Learning Community. All members—regardless of attendance at the in-person workshop—will be invited to participate in 3–4 convenings annually, including both virtual and in-person events.

What Can You Expect as a Learning Community Member?
The Learning Community will focus on the five core components of CBME, as outlined by Van Melle et al. (2019)*, and include opportunities to:

Share innovations in teaching and assessment related to the 2025 UME Foundational Competencies
Engage in faculty development to support competency-based teaching and assessment
Explore policy and structural enablers for CBME adoption
Collaborate on strategies for individualized learning plans and developmental progression
Connect with national organizations and peers working toward aligned CBME models across UME, GME, and continuing practice

This is not a course, but a community of practice designed to support the scaling of CBME through peer exchange, shared resources, and collective problem-solving.

*Reference
Van Melle E, Frank JR, Holmboe ES, Dagnone D, Stockley D, Sherbino J; International CBME Collaborators. A Core Components Framework for Evaluating Implementation of Competency-Based Medical Education Programs. Acad Med. 2019 Jul;94(7):1002-1009.