Mayo Clinic offers a range of continuous professional development opportunities addressing special topics in health care. State-of-the-art lectures highlight emerging trends and developing technology currently utilized in clinical practice. Courses feature nationally and internationally recognized scholars and leaders as renowned guests and Mayo Clinic faculty who focus on current information of practical value. Learning methods include didactic lectures that are supplemented with videos, case discussions, simulations, panel discussions and hands-on workshops.

Course offerings address topics including:

• Systems engineering and operations research tools and methodologies in a health care system
• Opportunities and challenges in informing, teaching, learning and assessing professionalism in health care
• Workplace and patient diversity