Accredited providers invest significant time and resources in continuing medical education. Over the past two decades, the expectations for what education should achieve have evolved substantially.

This is the third in a series of six articles that will describe the foundation of evidence and thinking that served as catalyst for the development and evolution of the Applied Learning and Evidence Translation (ALET™) Blueprint first described in 2025 White Paper titled “The Education We Deliver Isn't Built for the Change We Expect,”¹ developed by the ALET™ Collaboratory.

When striving to extend learning outcomes toward measurable improvements in care, there is an opportunity for CME to more intentionally connect education with implementation.

This is the second in a series of six articles that will describe the foundation of evidence and thinking that served as catalyst for the development and evolution of the Applied Learning and Evidence Translation (ALET™) Blueprint.

Deeply rooted professional cultures continue to shape how we learn, communicate and claim ownership of work and can pose an unintended barrier to true interprofessional collaboration.