The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in continuing health professional education (CHPE) was examined in a national survey of Canadian CHPE providers. Of the 3,044 surveys distributed to schools of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, national/provincial health professional associations, nonprofit health advocacy organizations, the pharmaceutical industry, and hospital/health care organizations, 677 were returned (overall response rate 22.2%). Selected findings were as follows: (1) Canadian schools of medicine and nursing are responsible for a significant amount of the technology-based distance education (DE) programs offered as CPHE to health professionals; (2) existing educational technology resources and expertise within an organization are important factors influencing the likelihood of CHPE organizational units being providers of technology-based DE; (3) financial gain-related factors do not influence an academic CHPE organizational unit's decision to provide technology-based DE; (4) hospital/health care management boards favor technology-based DE as a more cost-effective means for addressing health professionals' CHPE requirements; (5) partnering appears to be a significant characteristic of technology-based DE; and (6) participants in technology-based CHPE are varied and include experienced health professionals. (Twenty-nine tables/figures and 82 references are included. The following items are appended: the provider survey; a facilitator's guide to online conferencing; and a best practices document in distance education.) (MN)