The sole objective of the conference was to assemble experts in the various fields of continuing education for health to discuss the evaluation of their programs. Included were different types of producers of various kinds of courses or programs, adult educationalists, professional evaluators, financers of programs, etc. Particular attention was given to defining the problems encountered in evaluation and to outline possible solutions to them, with the goal of recording these deliberations for the benefit of newcomers to the field. No effort was made to arrive at any resolutions, conclusions, or formal recommendations. Instead, an attempt was made to indicate the complexities of the field of evaluation of continuing medical education efforts and to help those with less experience or with a more restricted point of view. (DAS)