Aquifer

**About** **Advancing Clinical Teaching & Learning** Aquifer is a **unique mission-driven non-profit organization** dedicated to delivering the best health care education through collaborative development and research into innovative, high-impact virtual teaching and learning methods. **With 15 million virtual patient cases completed** since our founding in 2006, Aquifer is the leader in developing clinical learning tools for health professions education. > Aquifer is used by **130+ U.S. allopathic medical schools, 20+ U.S. osteopathic medical schools, 80+ PA programs**, and a growing number of **nurse practitioner programs, residency programs, and international medical schools.** **Aquifer’s [award-winning courses](https://aquifer.org/course/)** are evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated by the Educators Consortium, to support best practices in clinical teaching and learning. Created by educators, for educators—in close collaboration with their national organizations—Aquifer’s courses build essential knowledge and clinical reasoning skills for health professions students, grounded in Aquifer’s pedagogy. **[Aqueduct](https://aquifer.org/about-aquifer/about-aqueduct/),** Aquifer’s proprietary teaching and learning platform, ensures learning is accessible anytime, anywhere. [**The Aquifer Educators Consortium**](https://aquifer.org/our-network/consortium/) forms the bedrock of Aquifer, bringing together more than 300 healthcare educators across disciplines. Aquifer is home to a thriving, collaborative community of healthcare education leaders deeply committed to driving innovation in teaching and learning.