Nancy Gathany, PhD & Rhonda Willis, MBA OSELS/Educational Design and Accreditation Branch MedBiquitous Annual Meeting April 9, 2013 Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office Public Health Application of the Experience API

Nation’s premier public health agency— working to ensure healthy people in a healthy world. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

All who work to protect and improve the public’s health  Behavioral scientists  Educators  Epidemiologists  Laboratorians  Nurses  Pharmacists  Physicians  Veterinarians Public Health Community

Abundance of Training Sources Uncoordinated collections of training within CDC and throughout the public health community  State & Local health departments  Hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices  Academia  Federal Agencies (HRSA, AHRQ, etc)  Non-profit organizations and foundations

Part One of the Solution: CDC Learning Connection  we created the CDC Learning Connection  Coordinate the delivery of CDC’s training for learners throughout the public health community  2011 – Added an LMS, CDC TRAIN, a dynamic public health learning management system  Today – the Learning Connection is a one-stop learning resource that provides free access to products developed for the public health community

CDC Learning Connection CDC TRAIN Home page April Update for CDC LC Website

Part Two of the Solution: Public Health Learning Data Store  GOAL Develop a central data store where learning management systems (LMSs) seamlessly share thousands of public health related training

Steps to Constantly Revisit  Keep stakeholders engaged  Revisit policies and security requirements as technology evolves  Perfect how you communicate the concept

Sequential Steps  Assess current resources and determine needs  Create implementation plan with input from experts  Conduct formative evaluation  Test the concept through peer review  Pilot test prototype  Secure funding  Initiate procurement process for required components

Public Health Learning Data Store

Benefits  Make it easy to deliver training through a central data store connected to multiple LMSs  Learners can locate training across multiple LMSs  Developers can identify similar training content and reduce training redundancy  Store e-learning files  Track e-learning usage data

Challenges  Funding  Staying on top of Operation and Maintenance  User Support  Similar to LMS  Abstract concept to convey

We must determine ways to amplify every dollar in public health. --Harvey Fineberg, PhD President of the Institute of Medicine December 2012

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