FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Continuing Professional Development: Building and Sustaining a Quality Workforce -- 2 Scientific Foundations of Continuing Education -- 3 Regulation and Financing -- 4 Moving Toward a Continuing Professional Development System -- 5 Envisioning a Better System of Continuing Professional Development -- 6 Function and Structure of a Continuing Professional Development Institute -- 7 Implementation, Research, and Evaluation -- Appendix A: Literature Review Tables -- Appendix B: Health Professions Table -- Appendix C: International Comparison of Continuing Education and Continuing Professional Development -- Appendix D: Continuing Education in Professional Fields Outside of Health Care -- Appendix E: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix F: Committee Member and Staff Biographies.