A system for approving, monitoring, and recording CME activities in a university hospital setting.

The increased demand that mandatory continuing education requirements place on an academic physician's time and the conviction that continued learning is best when that learning is related to patient care were the impetus for developing a continuing education system in the University of Michigan Hospital for medical faculty and medical staff. Using the capability to co-sponsor continuing medical education, the University of Michigan Medical School established a quality assessment mechanism that enabled approval of a variety of ongoing instructional activities in the hospital setting for continuing education credit.