NPACE Conferences and
Continuing Education
Join Clinical Match Me as a preceptor or a student and receive a member discount on every NPACE program.
The non-profit runs accredited continuing education for nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers. The contact hours help keep your certification current, and the students you precept learn from someone who's up to date.
Every program
What's NPACE?
A non-profit continuing education provider, run by advanced practice providers for advanced practice providers.
NPACE stands for Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education. It's a 501(c)(3) non-profit, accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It started with nurse practitioners and now serves every advanced practice provider, so a preceptor who practices as a PA is covered too. Its executive director, Terri Schmitt, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner.
Beyond courses, it publishes the Friends of NPACE podcast, a monthly newsletter called NPACE Notes, and free lectures on YouTube.
NPACE conferences and courses
Choose the format that fits your schedule. Your discount works on all three.
In-person conferences
Multi-day conferences in places like Napa Valley and Cape Cod, with yoga and fitness sessions between lectures. NPACE says its negotiated hotel rates are often 25 to 50% below the area's seasonal rates.
Virtual conferences
Live online conferences with speaker Q&A and knowledge checks. Every session stays available on demand for 90 days from the conference start date.
On-demand CE/CME
Hundreds of topics you can take any time at learn.npace.org, plus hands-on skills training in suturing and x-ray interpretation.
Precept with Clinical Match Me and claim your NPACE discount
You decide which students to take, and how many.
NPACE conference 2026 schedule
Dates as published in September 2026. Check npace.org before you book.
November 2-4, 2026, Napa Valley, California. Mental health and women's health at the Silverado Resort, with 18.0+ CE/CME credits, including 12.0+ in pharmacology.
December 8-9, 2026, virtual. A partner CE/CME conference with 10.0+ credits.
August 17-19, 2027, Chicago, Illinois. The APP Connect Expo, with pharmacology updates, universities and job opportunities in one place. See every date on the official conference page.
How to claim your NPACE discount
Join the network, choose a program and enter the code. It works from the day you join.
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Join Clinical Match Me
Become a preceptor or sign up as a student. Both are free and take a few minutes.
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Choose your NPACE program
Browse the conferences, the live online courses and the on-demand library at npace.org, and find the one that fits your schedule.
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Enter the code at checkout
Type CLINICAL20 when you register. It works on in-person events, virtual events and online programs.
Why NPACE matters when you precept
Your contact hours count twice: once on your license, and again in your student's rotation.
Recertification requires contact hours, and because the provider is ANCC-accredited, the hours you earn there count toward it. So you meet the requirement and learn something you can use in clinic right away.
As a preceptor, you share that learning with your student the same week. Finish a course on the current hypertension targets and the student in your clinic hears the current targets. Update your psychopharmacology knowledge, and your student learns current practice as they write their first prescriptions.
Ready to teach? Apply as a preceptor and choose the students you take. Still in school? Find a clinical placement for your next NP rotation.
NPACE questions
What it is, what the discount applies to, and where NPACE sets its own terms.
What does NPACE stand for?+−
Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education. It's a non-profit that runs accredited continuing education for nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers.
Who can use the CLINICAL20 code?+−
Preceptors and NP students in the Clinical Match Me network. Joining is free, and the code works from the day you join.
Do NPACE contact hours count toward my recertification?+−
NPACE is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Check your own certifying body for how many hours you need this cycle and which categories they have to fall into, because that part varies by credential.
Can NP students attend an NPACE conference free?+−
It reserves five free seats at each live conference for eligible full-time NP and PA students and faculty. A student can use one free conference during their program, and faculty can use one every five years. Seats depend on availability and don't apply to the Cape Cod conferences. Apply through NPACE's faculty and student program.
Does NPACE offer other conference discounts?+−
Yes. It discounts conference registration for students, military veterans and retired clinicians, and some conferences discount registration if you stay at the conference hotel. Have another discount? Ask NPACE whether you can combine it with CLINICAL20 before you register, since NPACE sets the terms on its own discounts.
What's NPACE's cancellation policy?+−
Cancel a conference registration up to two weeks before the event and you'll receive a refund, minus a non-refundable $75 administration fee. Cancel your hotel room with the hotel directly, because it's booked separately.
How long can I watch NPACE conference sessions afterward?+−
Every attendee keeps access to conference content for 90 days from the conference start date.
I'm a PA, not an NP. Does this apply to me?+−
Yes. Its courses serve all advanced practice providers, and Clinical Match Me places students with PA and physician preceptors too. See the eligibility requirements.
Ready to start your next NPACE course?
Use code CLINICAL20 at checkout.