Enhance Your Curriculum

The ACP Online Learning Center provides hundreds of educational activities that can be incorporated into curricula and clinical teaching. These resources support learner development while addressing key competencies in such areas as Substance Use Disorder, Ethics and Professionalism, Pain Management, Opioid Management, Human Trafficking, and more. 

With enhanced search functionality, educators can quickly identify content that aligns with their teaching objectives. Activities are free or discounted for ACP members.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Assign videos as prework for flipped classrooms or to introduce a teaching session.
2. Incorporate podcasts into small-group learning or reflective writing assignments.
3. Use interactive cases during workshops, team-based learning, or clinical skills sessions.
4. Assign articles for journal clubs, critical appraisal practice, or learner presentations.

This unique training series is an innovative way to prepare your interns for their initial critical care rotations or provide a review of important critical care topics for more advanced residents and practicing physicians. Presented in 2- to 5-minute key segments and in an engaging animated whiteboard style, these high-quality educational videos can be viewed any time in any order and are mobile friendly.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Encourage your learners to watch a video and then teach the content to their peers during rounds.
2. Assign the videos to interns prior to their first ICU rotation or include them as part of ICU orientation.

This updated collection of three interactive online modules offers essential training for physicians and residents, with integrated patient education materials designed to support patient commitment and success. Modules cover:

• Lifestyle modification
• Pharmacotherapy
• Bariatric surgery

Free to ACP members, these resources can be incorporated into curricula or used to supplement clinical teaching.

New!  The Obesity Management Conversation Tool is a unique AI-powered simulation resource you can use to enhance your residents’ learning. Designed to complement Obesity Management 1: Lifestyle Modification, it allows learners to: 

• Practice applying the 5A framework with three different simulated online patients.
• Use either speech or text during a 10-minute simulation, designed to approximate the pace of a busy clinical environment.
• Receive individualized, evidence-based feedback to guide performance.

TIP FOR EDUCATORS

1. Assign modules as prework before didactic sessions to ensure residents have a baseline understanding of lifestyle modifications, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery.
2. Use the bariatric surgery module to support interdisciplinary learning opportunities by partnering with surgeons.
3. Have learners use the Conversation Tool simulation for skills practices, then debrief as a group to discuss approaches and feedback.

Access a self-paced, comprehensive multimedia course comprised of 7 core learning modules, 2 case-based modules, and additional resources with over 33 hours of learning activities. The content provides interactive and engaging training in pain assessment, nonpharmacologic treatment, nonopioid pharmacotherapy, rational use of opioids, and management of patients with both pain and opioid use disorder. With an emphasis on evidence-based communication skills, this series is designed to support patient partnership and successful navigation of chronic pain management challenges. This learning series is free to ACP members.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Assign content within remediation plans for communication skills, professionalism, or patient care, with mentored discussion of patient-centered skills.
2. Assign components to faculty who supervise pain management, and spark faculty discussions about mentoring and assessing related skills.
3. Use the Knee Pain and Back Pain Cases to launch interactive group learning.
4. Faculty and residents can complete their required federal DEA hours for substance use disorder training using the materials within the learning hub.

Prepare your residents for the ABIM Certification examination with the most comprehensive prepackaged course in internal medicine. Reduce faculty prep time with this ready-to-use, peer-reviewed, and up-to-date set of 69 slide decks for lectures to residents. Each deck is ideal for a 60- to 90-minute lecture, covers high-yield topics in internal medicine, and is anchored by several multiple-choice questions. This course is updated yearly based on the ABIM blueprint, and a course map is included. Residency programs with ACP Rewards Status receive discounted access.

Features include:

• 4,500+ slides
• 400+ multiple-choice questions with answers and key learning points to trigger learner engagement
• Emphasis on Board preparation, complete with memory alerts and test-taking tips, such as eliminating incorrect options
• Helpful images and infographics to support visual learning

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Use the Board Prep Curriculum in any setting—classroom or remote—during noon conferences, for a complete local course, or for individual lectures. Assign topics to residents for peer presentations to encourage deeper learning and provide feedback on their teaching skills.
2. Encourage individual use by your residents as review material for their rotations or Board Certification exams. The curriculum is purchased based on having a “.edu” e-mail address; residents with the same “.edu” extension can access the curriculum online at any time to review the slides and more than 400 questions.

Developed by physician coding experts, ACP’s Coding for Clinicians provides residents and faculty with practical, up-to-date training to strengthen coding knowledge and accuracy. Self-paced modules are updated with the latest coding guidance and designed to save time, improve accuracy, and optimize payments. Supplementary videos deepen understanding and downloadable tools support implementation. 

This curriculum can be easily integrated into residency training or faculty development to: 

• Build foundational systems-based practice skills for residents early in training.
• Reinforce accurate documentation and coding practices among faculty.
• Support competency-based education in documentation and practice management.

Discounts are available for ACP members, residency programs, and Rewards Status programs. 

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Assign modules as prework, then review cases in class or small-group sessions.
2. Have residents apply what they’ve learned to code recent patient encounters, then debrief with faculty.
3. Use coding assessments as part of systems-based practice evaluations.

Developed and authored by physicians, this new series offers practical, case-based learning on the use of CGM in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This curriculum offers learners: 

• Practical guidance for selecting the most appropriate CGM device for individual patients
• Strategies to engage patients in shared decision making around glycemic management
• A systematic approach to interpreting ambulatory glucose profile reports
• Opportunities to apply concepts through clinical scenario cases (highlighted in Module 2)

Activities include:

• Activity 1: Practical tips for identifying the best CGM devices for individual patients
• Activity 2: Review two clinical scenarios and practice techniques for shared decision making

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Incorporate into endocrinology rotations, ambulatory clinic teaching, or diabetes management workshops.
2. Use Activity 2 as a role-play exercise to practice shared decision-making conversations with patients.

Support your learners in developing the skills to provide patient-centered care for individuals with multiple chronic conditions. 

ACP’s interactive online curriculum, developed with the Patient Priorities Care team, introduces your learners to this patient-centered approach. The eight-part microlearning series (approximately 10 minutes each) provides practical steps to help learners: 

• Understand methods for eliciting patients’ health priorities.
• Apply structured approaches to align care plans with what matters most to patients.
• Practice decision-making strategies that address the complexity of managing multiple chronic conditions.

Use these modules as teaching tools to integrate Patient Priorities Care principles into clinical education and practice.

These modules can be incorporated into teaching sessions, case discussions, or clinical learning environments to reinforce principles of shared decision making and patient-centered care.

TIP FOR EDUCATORS

1. Incorporate modules into teaching sessions, case discussions, or clinical learning environments to reinforce principles of shared decision making and patient-centered care. 

ACP’s High Value Care Resident Curriculum trains internal medicine residents and subspecialty fellows to practice individualized, high value, patient-centered medicine. The series features all-new interactive, self-paced cases along with off-the-shelf presentations and small-group activities to illustrate key aspects of high value care, including antimicrobial stewardship and tips to eliminate health disparities.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Faculty may use the curricula as is or customize the slides to address learner needs.
2. Assign the online cases to learners to complete before a larger group discussion using a flipped classroom model.

Help learners gain the skills necessary to implement a QI project using a practical, stepwise approach. This online curriculum includes a series of four self-paced modules that provide guidance on how to establish the “what” and “why” for change, identify solutions, and learn to implement and sustain change. An accompanying QI Toolkit provides downloadable templates and worksheets to help with planning at every step. This curriculum and associated CME credit are free for ACP members.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Assign modules to your residents/fellows as you mentor them in their quality improvement projects.
2. Use the curriculum to meet the ACGME quality improvement requirement.
3. Assign the modules for faculty development (CME/MOC available).