American Nurses Credentialing Center Hosts Global Interprofessional Healthcare Summit to Advance Practice
ORLANDO, FL –– The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) held an inaugural Professional Development & Practice (PDP) Summit, a first of its kind, which took place in Orlando, Florida on April 14-17. The summit elevated professional development, education and practice standards and celebrated leaders and facilitators of learning in healthcare.
It is the first unifying event hosted by ANCC that brought together nurse leaders, educators, and numerous interprofessional healthcare accreditation experts, including physicians, researchers and physician assistants. The Summit offered high-profile networking opportunities with leaders and experts across the globe, engaging activities, powerful presentations, and dynamic keynote speakers.
The Summit was curated to be an all-inclusive, transformative learning experience. For this reason, ANCC is combining its flagship Accreditation communities for the first time – the Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation Program (APPFA®), Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™ (JA), ANCC Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Accreditation™, and the Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP).
“This inaugural Summit represented a pivotal moment for the nursing profession and the broader healthcare learning community,” said Bradley Goettl, DNP, DHA, APRN, FAAN, FACHE, Chief Nursing Officer. “By convening leaders across nursing professional development, interprofessional education, and accreditation, we created a powerful platform to align standards, share innovation, and elevate the impact of lifelong learning on patient care outcomes. Bringing together our flagship accreditation programs for the first time underscored our commitment to fostering collaboration, strengthening the healthcare workforce, and advancing excellence across the continuum of care.”
To learn more about the PDP Summit and view the full schedule of events, please visit the online Event Program.
A Special Thank You to All of the PDP Summit 2026 Sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors: KB Healthwork and StaffGarden. Gold Sponsors: Vizient. Silver Sponsors: MentorLead, StaffGarden and Wolters Kluwer. Premier Award Sponsor: Dossier. Summit Partner: Kahuna. Summit Ally: APA Style, Centre for Professional Development, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Iowa Online Nurse Residency Program, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, UbiSim by Labster, and William Carey University.
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About the American Nurses Credentialing Center
The American Nurses Credentialing Center works with the nation’s largest group of healthcare professionals to uphold the highest standards of nursing excellence. With a comprehensive suite of individual certifications and organizational accreditation programs designed to foster research, innovation, career growth, and leadership development, the credentialing center equips nurses to achieve safer, patient-centric outcomes both nationally and internationally. Committed to harnessing The Power of Nurses™ to elevate care standards worldwide, the credentialing center continuously sets the benchmarks that support excellence in every facet of nursing practice.
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