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Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME)

The mission of the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) is to advance excellence in midwifery education.

On May 9, 2018, ACME received the maximum of five years for renewed of recognition by the U.S. Department of Education and is in full compliance with the requirements of the Department?s regulations. Officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (under 'Health Care') as a programmatic accrediting agency for midwifery education programs since 1982. The accreditation process is a voluntary quality assurance activity conducted by both the education institution and ACME that combines self-assessment and peer evaluation. In 1994, ACME approved criteria to accredit direct-entry midwifery education programs; the first program was pre-accredited in April 1996.

The U.S. Department of Education grants the following scope of recognition to ACME: "the accreditation and pre-accreditation of basic certificate, basic graduate nurse-midwifery, direct entry midwifery, and pre-certification nurse-midwifery education programs, including those programs that offer distance education." ACME services are available to any education program that meets the eligibility requirements outlined in our Policies and Procedures Manual. 

ACME is administratively and financially autonomous from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

To view the schedule for our programmatic reviews, please click here.

ACME Accredited Programs

ACME Boards & Board Members

ACME Announcements & Third Party Comments

ACME Accreditation Action Notices (Past accreditation actions by the ACME Board of Review, by year.)

ACME Annual Reports

ACME Accreditation Documents, Fee Schedule & Forms (ACME Criteria, Policies and Procedures Manual, ACNM documents, and other accreditation related documents, and PowerPoint reviews of procedures.)

ACME Training, Reports & Presentations

ACME Volunteer Opportunities

ACME Strategic Plan 2015-2018

Midwifery Education and Accreditation in the U.S. 

ACME Overview

ACME History

Resources for Aspiring Midwives

Becoming a Midwife

Midwifery Programs for Aspiring Midwives to Consider

Pathways to Midwifery

Admission, Program, Clinical & Financial Information for Aspiring Midwives

Contacts:

Heather L. Maurer, MA, Executive Director
[email protected]
(240) 485-1803

Kristina Anderson, Accreditation Assistant
[email protected]
(240) 485-1802

Peter Johnson, CNM, PhD, FACNM
ACME Board of Commissioners, Chair
[email protected]
(410) 948-8603

Gretchen Mettler, PhD, CNM, FACNM
ACME Board of Review, Chair
[email protected]
(216) 368-0671

The academic and professional qualifications, and relevant employment and organizational affiliations of ACME board members are available on request.
ACME National Office, Suite 1550, 8403 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910