The landscape of continuing professional development (CPD) in healthcare education shifts rapidly between live (in person or virtual) and enduring formats, leaving CPD educators and faculty to face a critical challenge of ensuring integrity of adult learning principles. These 13 adult learning principles are offered as a pragmatic design spine for healthcare CPD.

To be effective, learning objectives must align with measurable outcomes that demonstrate a change in clinician competence, performance or patient outcomes. Yet expressing this concept in a clear, concise statement is not easy. So, how can we write objectives in a way that supports high-quality education?

Read a transcript of Alliance Podcast Episode 65 – Sneak Peek Into #Alliance26 Sessions, hosted by Alliance Podcast Task Force member Milini Mingo, CHCP, PMP, and featuring three different Alliance 2026 Annual Conference session presenters: Raja V Akunuru, MBA, CHCP ( “Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Harnessing Generative AI for Faculty Disclosure Management Process”); Sunali Wadehra, MD (“Embracing Neurodiversity in the CME/CE Workplace: Fostering Strengths and Overcoming Hurdles”); and Stan J. Pogroszewski, JD (“Saving Sight Insights on a Series of QI Programs”).

In preparation for the Alliance 2026 Annual Conference, Milini Mingo, CHCP, PMP, Alliance Podcast Task Force member, interviews three different session presenters: Raja V Akunuru, MBA, CHCP ( “Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Harnessing Generative AI for Faculty Disclosure Management Process”); Sunali Wadehra, MD (“Embracing Neurodiversity in the CME/CE Workplace: Fostering Strengths and Overcoming Hurdles”); and Stan J. Pogroszewski, JD (“Saving Sight Insights on a Series of QI Programs”).

In early 2025, leading AI providers like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic introduced new generative AI models adept at advanced reasoning. The advent of ARMs necessitates new prompting techniques.