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Augmented reality (AR) is rapidly reshaping healthcare education, offering immersive, practical experiences that go far beyond lectures and slides. In pharma and medical devices, AR is being used to visualize molecular structures for drug discovery, guide operators in manufacturing to reduce errors, and create interactive demonstrations for clinicians and patients. For CME/CE, these same capabilities translate into standardized, scalable, and highly memorable learning experiences.
This past Wednesday, September 17th was World Patient Safety Day – a yearly reminder that collective action is needed among governments, health organizations, professionals, and the public to reduce patient harm worldwide. The day seeks to raise awareness, promote patient engagement, and foster safer health care practices globally. Accredited CME/CE plays a vital role, as it’s among the tools for helping prevent medical harm.
In July 2025, NIH released strengthened requirements on participant inclusion, now titled the Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Members of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Groups in Clinical Research. Updates for all NIH-funded projects began in mid-August.
Why it Matters: Broader, representative participation supports more equitable biomedical outcomes. For CME/CE, this policy underscores a parallel responsibility to ensure diverse patient perspectives and subgroup data, when applicable, to inform educational content, case design, and quality metrics.
