CE Mission

The mission of the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center Office of Professional and Educational Development (OPED) is to provide high quality education that fosters lifelong learning for healthcare providers and interprofessional teams. Grounded in evidence-based practices, OPED collaborates with healthcare teams, system stakeholders, and the broader community to identify and address professional practice gaps. By fostering interdisciplinary learning and leveraging innovative educational strategies, OPED aims to elevate professional competencies, enhance safety and quality in patient care, and promote effective collaboration across healthcare disciplines. 

CE Purpose

A cornerstone educational purpose of the University of Louisville School of Medicine is to "provide high quality continuing medical education in an environment of lifelong learning." Further, the School of Medicine has a "mandated statewide mission to meet the educational, research, and patient care needs of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and an urban mission to meet the needs of Louisville..."* CE, in collaboration with our medical community which includes UofL Physicians, the School of Medicine clinical and biomedical science departments, the UofL Hospital, Jewish Hospital, the Robley Rex Veteran's Administration Hospital, Ireland Community Army Hospital, and the Area Health Education Centers of Kentucky, seeks to identify and address professional clinical practice gaps and life-long educational needs. The SOM offers consultation for the design, delivery, and evaluation of CE programming, and will accredit and document those continuing medical education activities in support of physician life-long learning requirements. Further, the SOM will provide services as a joint-provider for national and international entities that pursue similar goals of meeting physician CE learning opportunities.

* Statement from the UofL School of Medicine LCME database document, 2012-13, referring to the School of Medicine educational objectives.