This manual is designed to help the National Health Service Corps practitioner plan for and obtain continuing medical education. Three introductory sections explain what the manual is about, for whom it is designed, and some of the problems in obtaining continuing medical education. The remaining portion of the manual helps practitioners answer the following questions as they plan for continuing medical education: (1) What do you want from your continuing medical education?; (2) What are your specific learning objectives?; (3) What are possible formats for continuing education?; (4) How do you identify appropriate resources?; (5) What steps do you take to obtain leave?; (6) How should you prepare for the continuing medical education program?; and (7) How can you evaluate the continuing medical education program? Appended is a list of programs that can be used for self-assessment, practice evaluation, and developing a personal learning plan. (LRA)