Course Description
Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 is a workshop-intensive meeting providing the keys for professional growth to help Internal Medicine faculty and staff at any career level be better administrators, faculty, teachers, mentors, and employees. This three-day event will include plenary sessions lead by knowledge experts and hands-on workshops that will address both community-based and university-based program perspectives. Attendees will come away with tools and skills they can implement immediately upon returning to their institution.
For many GME program leaders (residency or fellow PDs, APDs, or core faculty), the first year in the role largely centers on learning to do the tasks that must be completed to run your program. The first 2026 GME precourse will cover content focused on strategies to grow your leadership and managerial skills, respond to challenges, structure and support your team, and proactively change and grow your training program. Specific content areas will include developing remediation pathways and teams within the training program, managing and leading a team, the change management cycle, and strategies to develop your faculty. Frame for session overall is that Year 1 is about keeping the lights on (doing things you must do to run the program), and now is a great time to understand yourself, your team’s capabilities, your programs needs, and think critically about how to optimize and change the program.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping graduate medical education, patient care, and the practice of medicine. The second 2026 GME precourse provides participants with a framework to move from a conceptual understanding of AI to meaningful implementation. Precourse will explore how to responsibly integrate AI into residency training programs. Attendees will build a foundational understanding of the strategic and leadership skills needed to navigate the evolving AI landscape. They will leave with key resources to advance their growth as institutional AI champions.
The 2026 UME precourse will help develop skills relevant to internal medicine clerkship directors, associate clerkship directors, ambulatory directors, site directors and clinician-educators involved in the medicine clerkship and/or subinternship. Experienced faculty will lead discussions about evaluation and grading, curriculum development, giving and receiving meaningful feedback, and hot topics related to clinical course directors.
Target Audience
This course is designed for internal medicine residency training program faculty (e.g., program directors, assistant/associate program directors, core faculty) and staff (e.g., program administrators and coordinators) as well as any other interested faculty and staff from a department of internal medicine.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the conference, participants should be able to:
- Describe key concepts in academic medicine curriculum, Faculty Development, Practice of Medicine, Technology and Innovation, and Wellness.
- Apply core principles from Business of Medicine, Faculty Development, Didactic and Point of Care Curriculum, and Technology and Innovation, to their roles in UME/GME/Med-Peds education.
- Analyze the impact of these areas on their professional practice and program management.
- Evaluate current practices within their programs and identify areas for improvement based on the knowledge gained.
- Identify core functions and roles of a program leader in UME, GME, and Med-Peds education.
- Explain the regulatory requirements relevant to UME, GME, and Med-Peds programs.
- Demonstrate practical leadership, management, and educational skills within their training programs.
- Implement effective strategies for managing and leading UME, GME, and Med-Peds programs based on the knowledge gained.
Program Schedule/Agenda
The full program schedule/agenda with speakers for the GME Precourse: New GME Leaders 2.0: Taking Your Program Leadership from Good to Great can be downloaded here.
The full program schedule/agenda with speakers for the GME Precourse (Half Day): From Insight to Impact: Developing Yourself as a Next Generation Faculty Leader in AI can be downloaded here.
The full program schedule/agenda with speakers for the UME Precourse: Ready to Lead? What it Takes to Run a UME Clinical Course can be downloaded here.
The full program schedule/agenda with speakers for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 can be downloaded here.
Planning Committee
The planning committee list for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 can be downloaded here.
Faculty/Presenter List
The faculty/presenter list for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 can be downloaded here.
Disclosure Summary
It is the policy of University of California San Diego Continuing Medical Education to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1) divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control over content, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content through independent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementation are communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in the activity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers to determine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning.
Accreditation Statement
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of:
- AIMW26 : 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- GME Precourse: New GME Leaders 2.0: Taking Your Program Leadership from Good to Great: 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- GME Precourse (Half Day): From Insight to Impact: Developing Yourself as a Next-Generation Faculty Leader in AI: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- UME Precourse: Ready to Lead? What it Takes to Run a UME Clinical Course: 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias
Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity have been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content. Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CME website.
Commercial Support Acknowledgement
There is no commercial support for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026.
Registration Information
The registration information for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 can be found here.
Cancellation Policy
The cancellation policy for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026 can be found here.