title: Practice monitoring as a means to direct individual continuing medical education.
abstract: Methods of practice monitoring currently available and requiring little of the physician's time are discussed. The application of these tools to direct individual continuing medical education efforts and to examine and improve patient care are illustrated from my experience and that of the Department of Family Practice of the Medical University of South Carolina.
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*