Accreditation & Benefits of Partnering with ACE

• (What is) Joint Accreditation

  • A leading model for interprofessional collaborative practice, Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education establishes the standards for education providers to deliver IPCE planned by the healthcare team for the healthcare team.
  • Joint Accreditation improves educational efficiency by integrating medical, nursing, pharmacy, and other healthcare discipline accredited continuing education criteria in a single, unified set of accreditation standards.
  • For more information: https://www.jointaccreditation.org/glance

• Benefits of Partnering with ACE

Trusted Learning Environment
A reliable, supportive space where clinicians build skills, strengthen teamwork, and grow with confidence.

Excellence in Standards
As a Jointly Accredited provider, we aim to meet the highest national standards—delivering education that advances safe, high-quality care.

The OneSutter Advantage
Centralized services reduce duplication and lower costs while promoting systemwide standardization. This shared platform fosters alignment on evidence-based practices and creates opportunities to spread best practices across entities.

Interprofessional by Design
Our education is built for the whole care team—physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and more. By learning with, from, and about each other, teams strengthen collaboration, improve communication, and ultimately deliver better outcomes for patients and families.

Smart Technology & Measurable Outcomes
With our dedicated Learning Management System and electronic dashboards, we track outcomes at every level—from participation to changes in competence, performance, and patient care. These insights close practice gaps and demonstrate measurable impact.

• Supported Activity Types & Credit Types

  • We support the following activity types:
    • Live Courses including in-person, virtual, cohort, conference etc.
    • Regularly Scheduled Series
    • Enduring Material otherwise known as on-demand or asynchronous learning
    • Journal- Based or journal clubs
    • Performance Improvement including quality improvement or research-based

• Sutter Health is accredited to provide CEs for

  • Physicians
  • Pharmacists
  • Nurses 
  • Social Workers
  • Physical Therapists
  • Others can claim the indirect credit types we offer

• • We offer the following Maintenance of Certification (MOCs) on activities that meet board standards:
    • American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
    • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
    • American Board of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery (ABOHNS)
    • American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
    • American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
    • American Board of Surgery (ABS)
    • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
    • American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)