Continuing Education
Continuing education credits are jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and the Alzheimer’s Association. Continuing Education credits are available to ISTAART members for $75 and to non-ISTAART members for $150. Learn more about becoming an ISTAART member.
More information about continuing education credits for AAIC 2026 and AAIC for All: Clinicians will be available in the coming months. Credit claiming opens on July 16, 2026 and closes on Oct. 1, 2026.
For questions about CE credits or the claiming process:
Note: We recommend that you register and validate your CME University account before you arrive at the conference.
This activity is intended for biochemists, geriatric psychiatrists, geriatric specialists, molecular and cell biologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, nurses, pharmacologists, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, radiologists, social workers and dieticians involved in the research and/or care of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and the Alzheimer’s Association. PIM is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
All CE offered is listed below. Hours available can change, and will be determined closer to AAIC and shared with those who requested CE.
Physician Continuing Medical Education:
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education:
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 25 contact hours.
Continuing Pharmacy Education:
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 25 contact hours (2.5 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Type of activity: Application. View the UAN appendix (PDF).
Continuing Psychologist Education:
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. Credit designation: This program offers a maximum of 25 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Continuing Physician Assistant Education:
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for a maximum of 25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Continuing Social Work Education:
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive a maximum of 25 Clinical continuing education credits.
Continuing Dietitian Education:
This program offers a maximum of 25 CPEUs for dieticians.
Interprofessional Continuing Education:
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive a maximum of 25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
The code to claim credit will be available at the in-person table at the conference, and will be emailed to all AAIC attendees who requested CE credit during their registration immediately following the conference.
Before the conference: Register and validate an account with CME University (CMEU) prior to attending AAIC. Registering for AAIC does not automatically create an account for you on CMEU. Your CMEU profile is required for the credit claiming process and the issuance of your Certificates of Attendance.
Beginning July 16, 2026:
Claim credit only once and only after you have completed all sessions you attended.
All credit must be claimed by Oct. 1, 2026 (or Sept. 10 for pharmacists).
Contact the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) for questions about the claiming process at inquiries@pimed.com.
Troubleshooting tips:
PIM requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
Read the AAIC Scientific Program Committee disclosure report (PDF).
Read the AAIC Speaker/Moderator/Panelist disclosure report (PDF).
The Alzheimer’s Association and PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose.
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings.
The Alzheimer's Association has received funding by means of sponsorship to support the delivery of our conference from multiple sponsors. The sponsors have had no editorial input or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the corporate-sponsored symposia presentations.
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients’ conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
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