has part plan specification continuing medical education plan specification A description of the continuing medical education offering that includes content, methodology, and evaluation with emphasis on helping health professionals maintain continued competency or learn new concepts in medical care. A plan specification that has continuing medical education objective specifications as parts and that when concretized, is realized in processes that help maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of medicine or the medical speciality of its bearer. John Judkins Mathias Brochhausen continuing medical education objective specification