Why These White Papers Exists
Healthcare stakeholders across the clinical education ecosystem invest over $10 billion annually in clinical education. We assume this investment drives meaningful practice change, but when we look more closely, the reality aligns with what the science has long told us: we achieve only 11% sustained behavior change. We've been measuring this gap for decades. It's time to engineer the bridge.
Our first white paper, The Education We Deliver Isn't Built for the Change We Expect, (September 2025) emerged not to critique what exists, but to complete it. Our second, When Design Evolves, Measurement Must Follow (July 2026), extends that architecture from learning design to measurement. To move from documenting failure to designing success. Written by professionals deeply experienced in continuing professional development and the broader clinical education ecosystem, it addresses what we've all witnessed firsthand: the persistent gap between knowledge delivery and practice change.
The ALET blueprint represents a shift in thinking: from asking "how do we transfer knowledge better?" to "how do we enable confident action?" Because what clinicians need and patients deserve is not another framework to measure their struggles, but the tools to overcome them.
Our Authors & Collaborators
Nancy Paynter, MBA, CHCP
Caroline Pardo, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP
Maureen Doyle-Scharff, PhD, FACEHP
Jann Balmer, PhD
Andrew Crim, MEd, CHCP
Brian McGowan, PhD, FACEHP
Vince Lofreddo, EdD
Julie White, MS, MS, CHCP, FSACME
Derek Dietze, CHCP, FACEHP
Carol Haven, MD, FACEHP