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Nancy Gathany, PhD & Rhonda Willis, MBA
OSELS/Educational Design and Accreditation Branch
MedBiquitous Annual MeetingApril 9, 2013
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory ServicesScientific 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 CDCand 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
2010 - 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 Connectionis a one-stop learning resourcethat provides free access toproducts developed for thepublic health community
www.cdc.gov/learning
www.cdc.gov/learning
CDC Learning Connection
CDC TRAIN Home page
April Update for CDC LC Website
Part Two of the Solution:Public Health Learning Data Store
GOALDevelop 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
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, PhDPresident of the Institute of Medicine
December 2012
For questions and additional information about this presentation, please contact us at:
Nancy Gathany NGathany@cdc.govRhonda Willis: RWillis3@cdc.gov
or visit us at:www.cdc.gov/learning
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: http://www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory ServicesScientific Education and Professional Development Program Office
Thank you!