Professional Fulfillment Zone: Internal Medicine Meeting 2026 Preview
The ACP Internal Medicine Meeting Heads to the West Coast April 16-18, 2026!
Register now to join us at the Internal Medicine Meeting in San Francisco, CA!
Career and Professional Development Center Highlights
Visit us in the Exhibit Hall! The ACP Career and Professional Development Center offers a variety of activities to help propel your career forward. Access mini skills sessions and individual and group coaching, get a free professional headshot, learn from up-and-coming colleagues at the abstracts presentations, and connect with your community in the networking lounge. Stop by the Well-being Fun Zone to create your own ACP Recharge Kit, enjoy a few fun photo opportunities, and find your creative side with our magnet-making and coloring activities.
Networking Luncheon for Women Physicians—Internal Medicine Meeting 2026
We invite posttraining women physicians to join us for the launch of ACP's new Women in Medicine initiative at Internal Medicine Meeting 2026. This member-exclusive event is designed for posttraining women physicians to learn, connect, and grow. Learn about opportunities to engage with ACP and access resources to support your personal and professional development. Enjoy an interactive luncheon on Friday, April 17, 2026, Noon-1:30 p.m., featuring Kerri Palamara, MD, MACP, that will explore the power of coaching as a tool to support women in medicine throughout your career span.
Registration required: $25 per person. Internal Medicine Meeting 2026 Registration.
If you have already registered for the meeting and wish to add the luncheon to your schedule, go to MyACP, your registration, and edit your meeting registration.
Mini But Mighty Skills Sessions 2026 Schedule
Participate in 10- to 15-minute mini sessions, inside of the Career and Professional Development Center, designed to help you enhance your well-being, career and professional development, and academic skills.
Thursday, April 16
10:30 a.m.: Crafting a Story to Persuade Lawmakers
10:45 a.m.: How to be a Good Peer Reviewer
1:00 p.m.: Making the Best Use of Your Membership With the DynaAI Point-of-Care Tool
1:15 p.m.: Coaching for Career Advancement
4:00 p.m.: How to Make Your Work Count Twice to Advance Your Career
Friday, April 17
10:30 a.m.: How to Optimize Your CV
12:45 p.m.: Tips for Efficiently Filling Clinical Knowledge Gaps
1:00 p.m.: How to Be a Good Peer Reviewer
2:00 p.m.: How to Give and Receive Meaningful Feedback
4:00 p.m.: Leveraging Professional Societies to Boost Your Professional Growth
Saturday, April 18
10:15 a.m.: Turning an Interesting Clinical Case Into a Publication
10:30 a.m.: Self-Advocacy in the Face of Conflict
Learn More about Mini But Mighty Skills Here!
Registration Now Open for ACP's QI Leadership Training Pre-Course at Internal Medicine Meeting 2026
April 15, 2026, in San Francisco, CA (Early Bird cost: $280)
ACP's annual quality improvement (QI) leadership training program provides meaningful QI implementation support based on principles of clinician engagement, patient and family partnership, team-based care, promotion of health equity, and promotion of clinician well-being. Participants will have the opportunity to work in small groups, with the support of a trained ACP Coach, as they design their QI project. Take advantage of the Early Bird discount and click here to register before January 31, 2026.
Current WBCs Eligible to Attend QI Pre-Course at Internal Medicine Meeting 2026 Free of Charge! We invite you to join us and your WBC colleagues at the Quality Improvement Leadership Training Pre-Course as part of your WBC Chapter Leadership Training Program. Reserve your spot today by e-mailing jdrass@acponline.org.
ACP Physician Peer Coach Training: Registration Now Open for Winter 2026!
“Physician Peer Coaching has not only changed the way I listen and speak but also my approach to supporting others' inner growth. Becoming a coach has transformed how I show up as a physician, peer, educator, and leader.”
—Hirotaka Kato, MD
Become an ACP-trained Physician Peer Coach. You will learn evidence-based, validated coaching skills while supporting your own professional development and helping your peers at the same time. This 12-month program runs on the dates below and provides hands-on training and personalized feedback.
- Session 1: January 30, 2026, Noon-2:00 p.m. ET
- Session 2: February 6, 2026, Noon-2:00 p.m. ET
- Session 3: February 13, 2026, Noon-2:00 p.m. ET
- Session 4: March 13, 2026, Noon-2:00 p.m. ET
Coming Soon! Well-being Champion Curriculum Available to ALL ACP Members
We are excited to announce that the ACP Well-being Champion modules will be launching on March 18, 2026, through the Online Learning Center! This self-paced learning series empowers you to lead meaningful change as a Well-being Champion by equipping you with leadership skills, evidence-based strategies, and practical tools to foster sustainable communities of well-being and professional fulfillment right from where you are in your life and career.
WBC Monthly Group Coaching
Current WBCs who have completed their training are eligible to attend a 1-hour monthly group coaching session. Some recent topics were Storytelling for Advocacy and Quality Improvement to Support Well-being, facilitated by ACP WBC Coach and North Carolina Governor Marion McCrary, MD, FACP. Look out for e-mails with links to register. WBCs can access materials and recordings from group coaching sessions on MyACP.
Back to the January 16, 2026 issue of ACP IM Thriving